Belgium's Reynders on terrorism, Ukraine and Greece

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Belgium is providing Europe’s highest proportion of jihadist volunteers to join the fighting in Syria and Iraq , official figures tell us — in proportion to Belgium’s population: some 200 are currently in the conflict region, and 100 have returned. Belgian special forces recently broke up a strike cell preparing an attack in Belgium. We talk to the Foreign Minister about counter-terrorism efforts, Ukraine and Greece.

Audrey Tilve, euronews: “Didier Reynders, your country, along with France, is especially concerned by the threat of terrorism. We’re going to talk about the means involved, but first, how do you explain that Belgium is one of the main hotbeds of jihadism in Europe?”

Didier Reynders, Belgian foreign Minister: “We’re in a country that has diverse communities of significant size, but we are also working daily to identify the jihadists. I don’t know, statistically, if every country goes about this work in the same way. So I hope that all the countries in Europe keep track

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