Slovakia to sign additional protocol on prevention of terrorism

Slovakia will sign the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, which is a response to so-called foreign terrorist fighters.

That move has been approved by the Slovak government during a session on Wednesday.

The protocol defines such fighters as people who enter conflict zones with the intention of committing terrorist acts there or of participating in armed conflicts.

Slovak Justice Ministry legislation section director Juraj Palus explained that the protocol is aimed against the financing of individual terrorism and foreign terrorist fighters.

"Slovakia adopted some of the measures stemming from the protocol as part of an anti-terrorist package last year," added Palus. Endit