MOSCOW (Sputnik) — German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere highlighted the need to share intelligence as an effective precaution against terror attacks, a ministerial statement said Thursday.
"As for terrorism, we learned in the past year that information sharing was the best way to prevent possible attacks in our countries," de Maiziere said at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Speaking at a discussion hosted by Georgetown University, the minister said intelligence sharing had previously been met with skepticism. This changed after terror attacks in Paris and Brussels when more officials started calling for better cooperation, he said.
"No country in the world can solve its problems alone – especially when it comes to international terrorism. In a globalized world, a smart way of knowing things is not merely about figures or data, but about the sharing of knowledge," de Maiziere noted.
The EU law enforcement agency Europol warned earlier that Europe could face more terrorist attacks. Last November, Islamist militants killed 130 people in a series of suicide and gun attacks in Paris. Brussels was struck by a terrorist attack in March, which killed 31 people and was linked to the Paris attackers.
