Kunming, Oct 12 (UNI/Xinhua) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for closer international cooperation on preserving biodiversity and providing related support to developing countries.

"It is certainly important that national priorities and specificities of each state be taken into account, and special attention be given to the needs of developing and least developed countries," Putin said in his speech via video at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.