KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Countries with large populations of Muslims, including Russia, should unite to fight against Islamic State, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.
"We need a consolidated anti-terrorist position of those countries that have a large Islamic community, and incidentally Russia is one of these countries," Medvedev said at the annual East Asia Summit hosted this year by Malaysia.
Russia has recently launched attacks in the Islamic State's strongholds in Syria in retaliation for the downing of an Russian airliner over Egypt last month.