•The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia yesterday vowed to work together to implement counter-terrorism strategies, in a bid to stop the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria from infiltrating the region.

The three countries pledged to stop the flow of funds and arms to terrorist groups, and to control the movement of militants across their borders, in a joint statement issued after a security conference here.

Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman attended the meeting.

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