ANKARA, Sept 8 (AFP) - No country should attempt to tackle terrorism on its own, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan said Wednesday, in response to a threat by Moscow to strike "terrorist bases" anywhere in the world.
"No country, no matter how powerful, can solve the terrorism problem with a one-sided approach, saying, `I will act and I will clear up the matter`," Erdogan told reporters in Ankara.
He was reacting to a statement by the Russian Chief of Staff, General Yuri Baluyevsky, that Russia "will take any action to eliminate terrorist bases in any region" of the world.
"Terrorism ... is such a phenomenon that no one can say with certainty who should be struck, when and how," Erdogan.
Instead, he suggested joint international action, with exchanges of intelligence and opinion, to efficently combat terror.
"The logic in the fight against terrorism should be `us` and not `I`. If we achieve this, I am certain humanity will win," he said.