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The message of greetings reads, in particular:

“It is pleasing to see that this initiative is developing steadily from year to year and is becoming a major intellectual forum for discussing key bilateral cooperation issues. Your motivated participation has contributed a great deal to the implementation of promising joint projects in the areas of the economy, culture, science and education.

It is symbolic that this meeting of the Petersburg Dialogue Forum is taking place as we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries.

Today, it is important that we do not rest on our laurels but continue building on the rich experience of mutually beneficial cooperation between our countries to intensify and broaden our work and make effective use of the potential offered by civil society in order to achieve our objectives. Your forum has a positive role to play in this work.”