BEIJING, October 25. /TASS/. The politics of double standards used by some countries helped turn modern terrorism into a global-scale profitable business, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Alexander Fomin said at a plenary session of the Beijing Xiangshan Forum on security on Thursday.
"In addition, modern terrorism has turned into a global-scale profitable business with a developed labor market and capital turnover," he said. "Its growth is based on the double-standard policy used by some countries and firstly the attempts to use the Muslim world’s radical movements to promote their own political, economic and other interests, for example in the Middle East, Africa and other regions," he concluded.
No negotiations with terrorists
Russia does not conduct negotiations with terrorists but destroys them, he asserted.
The deputy defense minister noted that multiple terror attacks have occurred on Russian territory in the last 10 years. "We learnt obvious things through gaining this sad experience. Firstly, it is impossible to reach an agreement with terrorists: they should just be destroyed. Secondly, there are no good or bad terrorists. Thirdly, they should be destroyed in peripheral attacks instead of waiting for them to come to our home," he said.
"This is why we did not hesitate when the legitimate Syrian government invited Russia represented by the Aerospace Force in September 2015 to offer help in the elimination of international terrorists in this country," he stressed.
The eighth Beijing Xiangshan Forum on security will run until October 26. It was organized by the Chinese Ministry of Defense, China Association for Military Science (CAMS) and China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS). Representatives for defense ministries, armed forces and international organizations, as well as former military officials, politicians and scientists from 79 countries are taking part in the forum.