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Russan Duma speaker urges global effort to fight terrorism ahead of 9/11anniversary

MOSCOW. Sept 10 (Interfax) - Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terror attack against the United States, State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov urged the world community to consolidate efforts in the fight against terrorism.

"The dates, remembered in connection with tragedies and fatalities, consolidate the world community in the fight against their common enemy -terrorism," Gryzlov told parliamentary journalists on Sunday.

Russia remembers the date of September 11 2001, and grieves with the people of the United States over the innocent victims of the terror attacks, he said.

The 2001 terror attack against the United States made it clear that a strike may be ruthlessly dealt on the civilized world in any place and in any country. "Terror raids are planned in cold blood, are generously financed and are organized in advance," he said.

"Therefore, terrorism must be resisted appropriately - jointly, not separately - or we'll fail to win," Gryzlov said.

Russia has always aspired to such cooperation, and has always alerted the world to the seriousness of the problem for the globe as a whole, not only for individual countries, where the threat of terrorism is particularly serious," Gryzlov continued.

"The upcoming meeting of the G8' parliamentary speakers, due to be held in St.Petersburg next week, gives us one more chance to dovetail our positions, and build up trust between the leading world powers, the more so since most of the G8 nations have experience in fighting terrorism," Gryzlov said.

"Unfortunately, this experience often has a tragic color. Therefore, our cooperation must be even more constructive and our joint efforts even more effective," the Russian parliamentary speaker said.