G8 states have agreed on steps to fight terrorism and cross-border crime today, despite major differences over law enforcement between members of the rich nations club.
At a two-day meeting of police and legal officials in Russia, which currently chairs the group, they discussed ways to protect transport and information networks from militant attack.
The theme of the Moscow meeting thrust itself onto the agenda during the G8 summit in Scotland last year, when four suicide bombers killed 52 people and themselves in near-simultaneous attacks in London.
"There is a clear commitment from all the G8 countries to work together to fight terrorism," Peter Goldsmith, Attorney General of England and Wales, told reporters.
"Our aim throughout this meeting has been to find practical measures ... to deal with radicalisation, to deal with mutual legal assistance, to deal with cyber crime."
The agreement included creating databases to help fight international crime - including terrorism, underage sex and illegal migration. The states also agreed to exchange information and analysis on suspicious cargoes and passengers when they cross borders.
"The ministers stressed that it is important not to allow safe haven to terrorists," said Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, flanked by police and legal officials from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
Moscow has strongly criticised London and Washington in the past for granting asylum to Chechen separatists - terrorists in Russia's eyes - and refusing to extradite them to Russia, where they had argued they would not get a fair trial.
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said differences between members of the G8 would not stop police and legal officials from cooperating on the ground.
"There is a lot more that we agree on than that we disagree on. Obviously when you are talking about sovereign nations there will be disagreements on particular issues," he told Reuters after the meeting.
"The fact that there may be disagreement on certain issues in no way detracts from the fact that we have a very strong relationship at the law enforcement level with Russia."