“And this is just one of the highlights in US-Russian cooperation,” RIA Novosti quoted RIA Novosti as saying.

He said that Russia is participating in the work of a group of 89 countries "at a very good level."

Ford added that Washington is looking forward to further cooperation with Moscow on this issue.

Earlier, the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, said that the Russian side continues to interact with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on the fight against terrorism.