MOSCOW, March 16. /TASS/. Russia will go ahead with strikes against terrorist groups in Syria, Russian State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin has said.

"Such terrorist organizations as the Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra [both outlawed in Russia] and other terrorist groups named by the UN Security Council have been excluded from the ceasefire regimen. Strikes against them will continue," Naryshkin said while receiving Egypt’s visiting Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Moscow on Wednesday.

Naryshkin said the struggle against international terrorism was a common task of the civilized community.

"Russia will be playing one of the key roles in this respect," he said.

Naryshkin described as "titanic" Russia’s efforts to restore peace to Syria.

"In this context the Russian president made a decision to pull out part of the Russian aerospace group (from Syria)," Naryshkin said.