Gathered in Paris, defense ministers of France, the United States, Australia, Germany, the UK, Italy and the Netherlands reaffirmed their „commitment to work together with the entire coalition to accelerate and intensify the campaign against Daesh, in order to deliver a lasting defeat to this barbaric organization.“

In a final statement, the participants pointed to „the need to continue gathering momentum in our campaign, as it moves into its next phase targeting Daesh‘s vulnerabilities,“ they said.