Paris: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach called on the member states of the European forum to join forces for anti-doping.

Regarding the recent row between the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Bach wanted to "address the extremely important issue of the protection of the clean athletes and the fight against doping" and urged that all partners to work for "a more robust, more efficient and more transparent WADA anti-doping system."