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Medvedev calls for eradicating social roots of terrorism

© RIA Novosti . Dmitry Astakhov / Go to the mediabankRussian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos
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The international community should unite to combat terrorism and its socio-economic roots, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.

The international community should unite to combat terrorism and its socio-economic roots, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.

Medvedev arrived in Switzerland two days after a terrorist attack at Moscow's busiest airport which claimed the lives of 35 people and left over one hundred injured.

"Unfortunately, no country today is secure against terrorism," said Medvedev who was forced to reduce his schedule in Davos to two events.

"We should boost the joint fight against terrorism and make every effort to influence if not the ideology but the socio-economic roots of terrorism - poverty, illiteracy, orphanhood," he added.

The president also said that the Domodedovo Airport attackers wanted to put Russia on its knees and take a defensive position.

"But they were wrong. Russia realizes its place in the world, Russia realizes its responsibility to its citizens and the world community and will fulfill them," Medvedev said adding that this is the reason why he had arrived in Davos.

DAVOS, January 26 (RIA Novosti)

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