Sochi (VNA) – Vietnamese Minister of PublicSecurity Sen. Lt. Gen. To Lam said at the 9th International Meeting ofHigh-Level Representatives on Security Issues in Sochi city, Russia, thatsolving terrorism is a long-term issue and needs active, synchronous andresponsible coordination of many countries.

In his speech at the two-day meeting, which openedon April 25, Minister Lam clarified Vietnam’s viewpoint on the need for commonand consistent solutions to this issue on an international scale. Countriesconcerned and the international community must work together to thoroughlyaddress the root causes of the problem, especially to end armed conflicts,restore peace and stability in war zones, and enhance cooperation to fightterrorism and extremism.

Some countries need to immediately end theirintervention causing political instability and armed riots in other countriesto serve their own intentions and strategic targets regardless of heavy impactson relevant nations and the world community, he emphasised.

He highly valued the significance of the meetingand expressed Vietnam’s wish to continue learning from other countries’experience, adding that Vietnam is ready to share experience in terrorismprevention and control with law enforcement agencies and internationalorganisations.

The official also voiced his belief that themeeting’s success will promote cooperation among law enforcement agencies ofcountries to effectively fight crimes, including terrorist and extremistactivities, thereby helping to ensure peace, security and sustainabledevelopment in each country and the world.

At the meeting, hundreds of delegates from 118countries and UN representatives are discussing hot issues in international andregional security, particularly amid the surging risks of conflicts andunpredictability of international relations.

They will also look into the evolution ofinternational terrorist organisations’ strategy and tactics, global informationsecurity, growing illegal production and use of drugs, and security ofimportant sports, cultural and social events. 

In his message to the meeting, Russian PresidentVladimir Putin stated: “The problems of ensuring global and regionalsecurity today are especially acute, largely due to the fact that somemembers of the world community are increasingly trying to ignore theuniversally recognised norms and principles of international law, resortto the use of military force bypassing the UN Security Council,refuse to take part in talks as a key tool for resolvinginterstate disputes."

"This, in turn, generates politicaland social instability, plays into the hands of the forcesof terrorism, extremism, transnational crime, leading to anescalation of local conflicts and crises," he added.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Vietnamese MinisterTo Lam had talks with Secretary of the Security Council of Russia NikolaiPatrushev and met with the delegations of China, Laos, Mongolia, Venezuela andthe Philippines.-VNA