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U.S. to convene first anti-IS ministerial meeting in Dec.

The Dec. 3 meeting of foreign ministers from Coalition countries will focus on "political mechanism for our joint efforts to degrade and defeat ISIL," said U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki.

By JC Finley
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, pictured at the U.N. in New York on Sept. 24, 2014, will convene the first ministerial meeting of anti-Islamic State Coalition members in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 3, 2014. UPI/Alan Tannenbaum/Pool
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, pictured at the U.N. in New York on Sept. 24, 2014, will convene the first ministerial meeting of anti-Islamic State Coalition members in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 3, 2014. UPI/Alan Tannenbaum/Pool | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Brussels in December to chair the first ministerial-level meeting of the Coalition to counter the Islamic State, the State Department announced Wednesday.

Representatives are expected to "discuss the political mechanism for our joint efforts to degrade and defeat ISIL."

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December's ministerial meeting follows a military conference hosted by U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla., in November that brought military planners from 33 Coalition partners together for 10 days to refine a multinational strategy to counter IS, also known as ISIL, in both Iraq and Syria.

"The strength of our regional campaign is the broad Coalition that has come together with the common goal of defeating ISIL," said Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, U.S. Central Command commander.

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