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French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter hosted the first face-to-face meeting of representatives from all seven countries providing major contributions to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Jan. 20, 2016, in Paris.

According to the French Defense Minister, the prime objective of the meeting, which included his British, German, Italian, Dutch and Australian colleagues, was to step up their shared effort by implementing a consistent military strategy.

During a joint press conference with the French Defense Minister, Secretary Carter also announced he invited defense ministers from all 26 counter-ISIL military coalition nations, plus Iraq, to convene in Brussels in three weeks for a first ever discussion among coalition defense ministers to discuss the opportunities they have, and must seize to hasten ISIL's lasting defeat.

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Southwest Asia - French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter hosted the first face-to-face meeting of representatives from all seven countries providing major contributions to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Jan. 20, 2016, in Paris. According to the French Defense Minister, the prime objective of the meeting, which included his British, German, Italian, Dutch and Australian colleagues, was to step up their shared effort by implementing a consistent military strategy. During a joint press conference with the French Defense Minister, Secretary Carter also announced he invited defense ministers from all 26 counter-ISIL military coalition nations, plus Iraq, to convene in Brussels in three weeks for a first ever discussion among coalition defense ministers to discuss the opportunities they have, and must seize to hasten ISIL's lasting defeat.

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