The Middle East needs a modern Marshall Plan for recovering and developing, stated  the Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the annual plenary session of Valdas international debate club, reports the TASS.

"I have repeatedly said that this evil (terrorism) can be defeated only by combining efforts of all the countries in the world. Russia has suggested and still suggests it to all its partners. Today the large scope of destructions requires a long-term and elaborate program, something like a Marshall Plan, to recover the war-torn regions, " said Putin.