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Obama asks EU to share airline passenger information

Xinhua, November 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. President Barack Obama urges the European Union Tuesday to share airline passenger information.

At a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande, Obama said there was growing recognition in Europe after the Paris attacks that more needs to be done to prevent the flow of foreign fighters.

"As part of that, I'm calling on the European Union to finally implement the agreement long in the works that would require the airlines to share passenger information to stop the foreign terrorist fighters from entering our countries undetected," Obama said.

Obama welcomed his French counterpart Francois Hollande at White House Tuesday, saying the U.S. stands united with France on counterterrorism.

Obama said that the Islamic State militant group cannot be tolerated and must be destroyed. Enditem