ST. PETERSBURG, March. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin proposed the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Parliamentary Assembly to develop common general criteria for recognizing organizations as terrorist and extremist.

According to TASS report, Volodin also said that the CSTO should cooperate with with European parliamentary assemblies in the fight against terrorism.

The Russian politician noted that terrorists, smugglers and other participants have already established effective channels of international cooperation, so the fight against them requires joint efforts of many countries.