Munich, Jumada II 1, 1439, Feb 17, 2018, SPA -- US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and his French counterpart Florence Parly held a meeting here today, on the sidelines of the Security Conference. During the meeting, the two defense chiefs discussed necessity of tackling Iran's threats and taking a bold stance towards its ballistic missiles programs as it jeopardize peace and reached agreement that it is time to put counter plans to limit Iran's transfer of such missiles to terrorist outfits, Pentagon statement stated. The two sides also concluded that the world coalition shall keep focusing on the battle to eliminate terrorist outfit of IS and that pressure shall be kept to pursue fugitive members of IS, in order to prevent reconstructing or resurgence of it. -- SPA 21:47 LOCAL TIME 18:47 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w614096