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By Kamila Aliyeva

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on Arab countries to impose economic embargoes on areas controlled by the ISIS, RIA Novosti reported.

“We’re urging Arab friends to join the Russian initiative to impose pursuant to article 41 of the UN Charter an all-embracing trade and economic embargo on all the territories remaining under control of the so-called Islamic State,” Lavrov said addressing the 4th session of the Russian-Arab cooperation forum in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on February 1.

“We stand consistently for raising the efficiency of international anti-terror cooperation with the UN’s central and coordinating role on the basis of international law and without double standards,” Lavrov continued.

Lavrov also stressed the importance of the effective implementations of all UN Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions, and ensuring the strict work of monitoring mechanisms, which were created in compliance with these resolutions.

“Simultaneously, it is important to continue destroying military and economic potential of terrorist organizations and countering terrorism financing,” the Russian foreign minister said.

Earlier Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin advocated the introduction of a complete economic and trade embargo against the ISIS.

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