The third session of the World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” has opened on the Greek Rhodes island. The initiative of the Forum belongs to the National Glory Centre (NGC) and St Andrew the First-Called Foundation (AFF). The correspondent of “Rosbalt” reports that about two hundred representatives of the expert communities from 40 countries of the world took part in the solemn ceremony in the evening of October 5.

The Russian delegation was represented by the First Deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation, Valery Loshchinin, Head of the Federal agency on information technologies of the Russian Ministry of communication, Vladimir Matyukhin, archbishop of Lvov and Galitsia, Augustin, Deputy Chairman of the Department of External church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, archpriest, Vsevolod Chaplin, member of the Presidium of the Council General of the “Edinaya Rossia” (Unified Russia) party, Valery Bogomolov, Head of the Congress of jewish religious organizations and unions in Russia, Zinoviy Kogan, President of the Institute on the study of Israel and the Middle East, Evgeny Satanovsky, Chairman of the Saving Bank Board, Andrey Kozmin, and others. Thursday matinee plenary meeting focused on integration and self-determination of civilizations at the beginning of the twenty-first century, prevention of conflicts with the help of intercultural dialogues, regional integration, reciprocal relations in the modern world and religion. “Rosbalt”. Rosbalt.

Moscow, 5th October, "Interfax"

The 3rd session of the World Public Forum on Dialogue of Civilizations, initiated by the Centre of Russian National Glory (CRNG) and the Foundation of St. Andrew the First-Called (AFF), has opened on the Greek island of Rhodes.

The third session of the World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” has opened on the Greek island of Rhodes. The initiative of the Forum belongs to the Center of National Glory (CNG) and Foundation of St Andrew the First-Called (AFF). The correspondent of “Rosbalt” reports that about two hundred representatives of expert communities from 40 countries of the world took part in the solemn ceremony in the evening of October 5th.

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