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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, welcome to the opening of the 1st International Security Forum.

I know that this event has a very intensive and substantive programme, with 25 themed sessions to be held over the next few days, including conferences, roundtable meetings, briefings and presentations, where you will discuss many aspects of the key issues on the regional and global security agendas.

Today, as the world faces serious challenges, such representative world-level meetings and direct professional dialogue are particularly relevant.

As before, international terrorism and the risks of uncontrolled nuclear weapon proliferation, extremism, drug trafficking and cybercrime pose serious dangers to all countries without exception.

The modern world is interdependent and interconnected; therefore, escalated tensions in some regions can have adverse effects on the entire global community.

I want to stress that we support close cooperation in ensuring comprehensive stability on the regional and global scale, and advocate for indivisible security. We believe that timely work on such significant and strategic issues is especially relevant right now, as the multi-polar world is taking shape. Russia is actively involved in this process, including as a member of integration associations that operate on the principles of equality and respect for sovereignty, national interests, historical, cultural and civilisational identities of countries and peoples.

This forum’s objective is to tackle security problems and assist with expanding pragmatic cooperation between countries for the protection from internal and external threats.

I am certain that the ideas and proposals put forward during the forum will serve to strengthen security partnerships between our countries and contribute to achieving a strong balance of power in the world. Of course, they will also help strengthen friendships and trust between our nations.

I wish you productive work and all the best.