BELGRADE (Sputnik) – The foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) member-states have adopted a Russia-initiated counter-terrorism declaration, Russia’s permanent envoy to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said.
Speaking at the OSCE foreign ministers' summit in Belgrade, Lukashevich said the declaration was the main of a series of documents adopted at the meeting.
According to the Russian envoy, the foreign ministers confirmed the necessity "of putting aside everything that is not related to the fight against terrorism."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has long called for the creation of a broad international coalition to fight against terrorism, particularly the Islamic State (Daesh) group, also known as Daesh, which is prohibited in Russia and a range of other states. Putin stressed the need for global anti-terrorism efforts, conducted within legal framework, at the UN General Assembly in September.
On November 13, at least 130 people were killed and over 350 were injured in suicide bombings and shootings at several locations in the French capital. Daesh claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks.
On October 31, a Russian A321 plane en route from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, crashed in the Sinai Peninsula killing all 224 people on board. The tragedy is the largest civil aviation disaster in Russian history. Daesh claimed responsibility for the crash.
