Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other officials addressed the participants with a welcoming speech.

The addresses of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin and Prime Minister M.V. Mishustin were read out. Artists also addressed the audience.

🇨🇾Cyprus was represented by a delegation consisting of Mikhail Filaniotis, Christoforos Michaelides and Dmitry Apraksin. M.Filaniotis took part in a panel discussion and informed the participants about the consolidation of Cypriot society around spiritual and moral values that are universal.

“The traditional values of the Russian world have a universal civilizational character and are the assembly point of a wide variety of forces – political movements, civil society and religious groups. Russia, as a mighty power that has enshrined these values in the constitution, is a natural center of attraction,” M. Filaniotis stressed. His performance aroused the approval and great interest of the audience.👏

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