MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Concerted efforts of the entire world are necessary for the effective fight against international terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
"The issue of fight against international terrorism, which has taken an unprecedented scale and, in fact, challenged the civilization, is at the center of your agenda. Effective vigorous efforts of the whole world community are necessary to effectively fight against this global threat," Putin's address to the participants of the fifth Moscow Conference on International Security reads.
According to Putin, the Russian initiative to create a wide anti-terrorist front on a universal international legal basis and under the auspices of the UN aims to reach this goal.
A US-Russia-brokered ceasefire came into force across Syria on February 27. It does not apply to terrorist groups such as Daesh and al-Nusra Front, both outlawed in many countries, including Russia.
Both Washington and Moscow have been conducting military operations against terrorists in the war-torn country. The US-led international coalition of more than 60 members has been carrying out airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria since August and September 2014 respectively. Russia began its own operation in September 2015 at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
