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The CSTO Secretariat hosted a round table on “Interreligious Dialogue as a Way to Strengthen Collective Security”
13.11.2024
On November 13, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a roundtable discussion on “Interreligious Dialogue as a Way to Strengthen Collective Security” on the occasion of the Information and Press Day of the Kyrgyz Republic. The event was attended by representatives of the media, religious communities and leading analytical centers in Kyrgyzstan and Russia, including the National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, the Academy of Management of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the All-Russian Institute for Advanced Training of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Institute for Strategic Initiatives under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Center for Socially Conservative Policy.
Head of the Information and Public Relations Division of the CSTO Secretariat Yuri Shuvalov informed about the Organization's activities aimed at countering challenges and threats to security, including in terms of analytical and forecasting work, and also noted the extreme importance of participation of representatives of religious associations in socio-political processes.
The participants of the round table thoroughly discussed the issues of interreligious relations, interaction of religious organizations with society and the media in the Eurasian space.
Support was expressed for the initiative of the Mufti of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia Albir Krganov on the need to create a platform for interreligious dialog to strengthen social harmony and development.
