Qatar reiterated its commitment to fighting terrorism by strengthening an already strong law to cut off funding for such activities from within the country.

Qatar first made its intentions clear a few months ago when it signed a landmark agreement with the USA to put a stop to terror financing from Qatar.

In a joint Qatar-US statement reaffirmed the two nations’ efforts to defeat terrorism and its financing, reported Gulf Times.

The statement was made following visit by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to Doha. During the visit, the top American official also met HH The Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.

“We agreed to enhance our cooperation to counter the financing of terrorism in key areas of mutual concern including by substantially increasing the sharing of information on terrorist financiers in the region,” Mnuchin was quoted as saying by The Peninsula.

“We’ll place greater emphasis on charitable and money service business sectors in Qatar to prevent terrorists from continuing to use those sectors for illicit financing purposes.

We also want to develop a Qatari domestic designations regime in line with international standards and taking joint actions against terrorist financiers. We affirm that the United States and Qatar will significantly increase our cooperation on these issues to ensure that Qatar is a hostile environment for terrorist financing,” he added.

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