Washington – The Minister of Interior Affairs, Angelino Alfano, participates in the Washington Summit on “contrasting violent extremism”. Today, beginning at 3pm EST, Secretary of State John Kerry chairs the ministerial preparatory session dedicated to “foreign fighters”, in the presence of Attorney General Eric Holder and the Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C . Johnson. On Thursday, at 8:45am EST, Alfano will speak at the Summit in the presence of the Ministers of Government and Civil Society from more than seventy countries. The event will be divided into several sessions, it will be held at the State Department, and the President of the United States is expected to take part in it. (9Colonne)