TASSWed, 04 Oct 2017 20:00 UTC
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Vladimir Putin has called on the global community to abandon the double standard policyRussian President Vladimir Putin has called on the global community to abandon the double standard policy in the fight against terrorism.
"We support an integrated approach to countering terrorism, the spread of its ideology and funding illegal armed groups, as well as rejection of the double standard policy in the fight against the major modern threat," says the presidential welcome address to the participants of the 16th meeting of foreign intelligence, security and law enforcement chiefs that the FSB opened in Kranosdar.
"We call on the global community to carry out key resolutions of the UN Security Council in this sphere," the head of state noted. Putin pointed to the growing number of terror attacks across the globe which corroborates the need to team up against international terrorism.
Putin noted that the growing number of terror attacks across the globe shows the need of joint efforts against international terrorism.
"Active counter-terror activities in Syria and Iraq did not lead to total demolition of the infrastructure and combat potential of terrorist organizations. Militants changed their tactics and started creating new strongholds in other states and regions," the president stated.
Putin stressed that, in light of this, foreign terrorists who passed ideological brainwashing and sabotage training in armed conflict areas and are coming back to their countries where they continue conducting terror activities constitute a serious danger.
"This source of recruitment for international terrorism should be duly detected and neutralized," the Russian president said.
One hundred sixteen delegations from 74 states and four international organizations - UN, EU, SCO and CIS - are taking part in the Krasnodar meeting.
Comment: The Russian Defense Ministry
has said that the US support for terrorist factions in Syria is the main obstacle to the anti-terror fight in the war-torn country.
"The main obstacle to the complete elimination of Daesh in Syria is not the military capabilities of terrorists, but rather the support of [our] American colleagues," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Wednesday.
He went on to say that a series of Daesh attacks against the Syrian forces have been carried out from the areas where the "US military mission" is deployed.
In a clever counter-move, Lavrov
said Wednesday that Russia will be providing assistance to Syrian armed groups that have chosen to fight against the Nusra Front in the
Idlib de-escalation zone:
"We have information that the armed formations which have joined the arrangement on the Idlib de-escalation zone have started to fight more actively against Jabhat al-Nusra. We will be assisting them in this matter, as well as, of course, assisting the Syrian army," Lavrov told reporters after a meeting of Russian special services chiefs in Krasnodar which was televised by RT.
See also:
Lavrov: US-led forces in Syria consistently act in ways that help terrorist groups
Comment: The Russian Defense Ministry has said that the US support for terrorist factions in Syria is the main obstacle to the anti-terror fight in the war-torn country. In a clever counter-move, Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia will be providing assistance to Syrian armed groups that have chosen to fight against the Nusra Front in the Idlib de-escalation zone: See also: Lavrov: US-led forces in Syria consistently act in ways that help terrorist groups