MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. Russia, in cooperation with the other member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), is successfully countering international terrorism, Pyotr Ilyichev, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for New Challenges and Threats, told journalists at the International Collective Security Forum.

He noted that international terrorism "remains the main threat to state security."

"Russia’s cooperation with countries within the framework of the organization (CSTO) allows us to coordinate our approaches and pre-empt the possibility of such terrorist attacks," Ilyichev said.