Updated 6:54 p.m. Moscow Time
SOCHI, October 23 (RIA Novosti) - The recent shooting in the Canadian capital could be proof that terrorism could not be fought with "double standard policies," head of the Kremlin staff, Sergei Ivanov, said Thursday.
"During the war in Chechnya we openly stressed that terrorism and extremism is not only the problem of Russia. Ten years have past since then, and what is happening today with extremism, including yesterday's events in Ottawa, in my opinion, is a clear proof of that," Ivanov told reporters.
"Terrorism could be fought effectively only in joint effort and without double standards," Ivanov stressed.
On Wednesday morning, a gunman shot dead a soldier guarding the National War Memorial in Ottawa and then proceeded to Parliament Hill's Center Block where he was killed in a shootout with a policeman.
Local media reported that gunshots were also fired Wednesday in the Canadian Parliament building and a mall in downtown Ottawa.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the public following the incident saying that Canada lacks immunity from terror attacks.
On Monday, two members of the Canadian Armed Forces were attacked in the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in Quebec. One of the soldiers died after the hit-and-run, while the other sustained less severe injuries.
Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney said Tuesday that the attack was linked to terrorism.
Also on Tuesday, Russia's Ambassador to Austria, Sergei Nechayev stressed that the threat of terrorism can only be eliminated by a large international coalition.
The ambassador noted that NATO and the Collective Security Treaty Organization, comprising Russia and five other post-Soviet nations, could form a "natural alliance" to counter terrorism, but NATO keeps rejecting such forms of cooperation.
