Lorenzana said government forces have cleared the last building occupied by militants and its vicinity. Forty-two bodies have also been recovered in the last ground assault to completely retake the city from the IS militants.
"In crushing thus far the most serious attempt to export violent extremism and radicalism in the Philippines and in the region, we have contributed to preventing its spread in Asia and give our share to maintaining global peace, stability, and security," Lorenzana told reporters.
Malaysia initiated talks to discuss terrorism before the ADMM opened. Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have an existing joint air and maritime patrols military agreement to quell the threat of terrorism in their common maritime borders.
In the joint declaration, the ministers also expressed "grave concern over the escalation of tensions in the Korean Peninsula including the testing and launching by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) in addition to its previous nuclear tests and ballistic missile launch."
"(The ministers) strongly urged the DPRK to immediately comply with its obligations arising from all the relevant UN Security Council resolutions," the joint declaration read.
On maritime security, the ministers stressed the need to maintain and promote peace, security, stability, and freedom of navigation in and overflight above the South China Sea.
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