MOSCOW, July 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday called on the United Nations to redouble its efforts to fight terrorism in the wake of the bombings in London on Thursday.

    "It is necessary to ensure that those assisting terrorists should fail to find refuge wherever they go," the Interfax news agency quoted Lavrov of telling a press briefing,.

    Lavrov said Russia knows that "the struggle against terrorism must rest on the same standards, which exclude the use of different forms of terrorism in the political game,"

    "The members of the UN Security Council should double, triple their efforts to lead the international community in the anti-terrorism struggle," Lavrov said, calling for an intensification of practical action, particularly close cooperation among special services to prevent terrorists from staging acts of terror.

    Lavrov was not alone among Russian officials in speaking out against double standards in fighting terrorism. President Vladimir Putin, who is in Scotland for the summit of the Group of Eight (G-8), made similar calls while commenting on the deadly bombings in London.

    "I would nevertheless like to express not only hope, but also confidence, that the world community, discarding double standards in assessing bloody crimes like the one committed in London today, will have enough strength to stand firm against terror," Putin said on Thursday.

    Four blasts ripped through three subway trains and a double-decker bus in central London on Thursday, killing more than 50 people and injuring about 700 during the morning rush hour.

    Some officials have put the blasts in the ranks of the Sept. 11,2001 terrorist attacks in the United States and linked them to the war terrorists waged on the entire world.

    "The blasts in London is a barbaric and awful terrorist act that is similar to the blasts of apartment blocks in Russia, the September 11, 2001 events in the United States. This is links of one chain and episodes of one war that terrorists declared on the entire world," said Nikolai Borduzha, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

    "The London events confirm that all of us should unite in the fight against new challenges and threats," he added. Enditem