Mattarella urges united terrorism fight

(ANSA) - Moscow, October 6 - Unilateral initiatives will not help fight terrorism and international collaboration is essential, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said during an interview with Russian news agency TASS on Tuesday.
    "The collaboration of everyone is necessary. Unilateral initiatives will not manage to adequately resolve and face the problem. International collaboration with shared strategies and action is essential," said Mattarella.
    He said countries should work together closely to fight fundamentalist terror groups as well as to remove their root causes. "We need a strong answer and a cultural answer to defeat hate-preaching that is spread by fundamentalist terrorism using the internet," he said.
    Russia has launched air strikes in Syria in recent days, saying it is targeting militants of Islamic State to protect its national security interests.