Putin reiterated his call on the international community to create a joint counter-terrorism effort, based on international law, during a speech earlier on Thursday.
"I think right now Putin is in a position of becoming a real protagonist of war against terrorism, and I think it is the best opportunity for the international institutions to do their jobs, because their role is not to act in the interest of a single faction, but in the interest of all the people," Fabrizio Bertot said.
The Russian president has long called for the creation of a broad international coalition to fight Islamic State (IS, or Daesh in Arabic), including at the UN General Assembly in September.
Russian Aerospace Forces commenced precision airstrikes in Syria against IS, a group that is outlawed in Russia, on September 30, following a request from Syrian President Bashar Assad.
