Mr. Safonov recently met in conference with Jeremy Issaharov, Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman; Shimon Samuelsson, Simon Wiesenthal Centre director for international contacts; and Guys de Fries, European Union anti-terror coordinator. The negotiators discussed issues of shared interest.
"We compare our evaluations of terror threats, exchange information, and seek juridical, political and practical ways to build up partnership," said our informant.
Russia regards the anti-terror cause among pivotal aspects of its teamwork with the European Union, he added.
Terrorism is a formidable danger all on its own, an extremely involved danger. At the same time, it makes worse many other contemporary problems and challenges, whether new or long-established. All too often, it is laying minefields for the generations to come. Its attacks are spearheaded against culture, morals and religion, especially Islam. Terror is a protean enemy of a true global scope. The anti-terror cause so spreads worldwide and concerns every field of human activity.
Much remains to be done, though the world made a stride in its anti-terror efforts within several preceding years, went on Mr. Safonov.
Russian alliance with its principal anti-terror partners abroad envisages a firmer anti-terror legal basis, team efforts by law enforcement agencies and secret services, and exchanges of information and practical achievements. The cause also concerns newer and less trodden fields, such as efforts against terrorist and extremist ideologies, and involvement of the media and civil society, said the presidential functionary.
