THE UNITED NATIONS, June 24. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia believes that the UN Security Council should examine the problem of illegal exports of crude oil from Iraq and Syria, the revenues from which replenish the financial resources of terrorist organizations, including the fast-growing Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin said Monday upon the results of a meeting devoted to the situation in the Middle East.

He said the Russian delegation indicated during the conference, which had been partly held behind closed doors, that the terrorists’ activity was not confined to a single country.

“We also called the Security Council’s attention to the problem of financing terrorism,” Churkin said. “In the case of ISIS, the militants’ ability to export oil especially rings an alarm because it enables them to engage in terrorism.”

He recalled that the UN Security Council has taken preventive measures against Libya. They included sanctions against the ships transporting oil from the parts of the country controlled by terrorists.

Along with it, Churkin said Russia was not ready to initiate a similar draft resolution of the Security Council that would deal with Syria and Iraq.

“Still, it is quite obvious that the Security Council should pay attention to the problem, as it immediately concerns a number of its resolutions, which deal with financing terrorism,” he said. “That’s a serious problem and we’re going to tackle it."

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As he spoke about the problem of terrorism in the region of the Middle East, he leveled sharp criticism at the double standards espoused by the leaders of a number of countries.