Turkey- Putin says int39l. coalition needed to combat terror

11/17/2015 7:11:09 AM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that an international counter-terrorism coalition is needed to combat terrorglobally including Daesh.

"I think that this is not only possible but necessary"Putin told reporters after the G20 summit in Antalya Turkey.

"There is nothing difficult here. It is necessary to establish concrete work to forestall and prevent terror attacks and fight terrorism on a global scale"Putin said quoted by Russian news agency TASS.

"We also suggested joining efforts in fighting the Islamic State" the Russian president said using an alternative name forDaesh."We have always been open to this cooperation. We assume that this cooperation can be established both at the political level and between special services."

Putin said that it is to be decided who terrorists and political opponents in Syria are and that there are parts of the armed opposition in the country who believe that it is possible to begin a military campaign against Daesh with Russia’s support.

"We are ready to provide such air support" he said. "If that happens there may emerge a solid basis for further political settlement efforts"Putin said.

"We do need support from the United States the European countries Saudi Arabia Turkey and Iran" he said.

The fight against Daesh terror organization operation in Syria and Iraq has come to the foremost agenda after Friday's terror attacks inParisthat left 129 people dead.

Russiabegan air operations in Syria on Sept. 30. The Kremlin claimed the airstrikes are aimed at supporting the forces ofRussia’s ally President Bashar al-Assadagainst Daesh. However Turkey and the West accusedRussiaof targeting moderate fighters opposed to Assad many of which are supported by Turkey and the U.S.

According to Putin’s official website Kremlin.ru he told reporters that "we are well aware that we must cut off thechannels used tofinance terrorism"and that they had discussed the issue at G20.

"Ialso showed our colleagues satellite images andaerial photographs that show very clearly thescale ofthis illegal trade inoil andpetroleum products"he said.

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