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Meeting with Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexii II, President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Orthodox Church’s support for Russia developing closer relations with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference is a sign that the tradition of cooperation between the different religions in Russia is alive and well

October 15, 2003

The President thanked His Holiness for the position taken by the Russian Orthodox Church and said that cooperation between Russia and the OIC would create a channel for communication between Russian Muslims and authoritative international Muslim organisations, giving Russia’s Muslim population a chance to feel itself a part of the wider Islamic world.

Russia has been invited as a guest to the tenth OIC summit in Malaysia, but it hopes to eventually obtain observer status with the organisation.

October 15, 2003