In a statement released at the end of the International Media Conference against Terrorism in Damascus, the participants stressed the need for inclusion of all terrorist organizations in the terrorism list and introducing them as enemies of humanity, SANA reported.
They also called for comprehensive campaign against terrorism and formation of regional and international coalitions to confront the ominous phenomenon.
The statement, read out by Syria’s Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi, further stressed that the issue of Palestine is the pivotal cause of the Islamic Ummah.
Intellectuals and journalists from Iran, Russia, Cuba, Spain, China, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Morocco, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Cyprus, Britain, Germany and Kuwait took part in the two-day conference in the Syrian capital.
The main theme of the conference was to study the role of media in the campaign against terrorism.
It was attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Iran’s Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati, Hojat-ol-Islam Ali Karimian, the secretary general of the Islamic Radios and Televisions Union and key media figures from Iran and a number of other Islamic countries.