International Conference “Situation of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Multinational Region” (Мoscow, may 2018)

Discussion topics

• Respect for the rights of ethnic and religious groups in the Middle East and the North Caucasus.
• Russian cultural policy for strengthening interethnic and interreligious peace.
• Ensuring interethnic interreligious harmony in multinational regions.
• Social and economic recovery of regions affected by religious and ethnic conflicts.

Participants

Representatives of the ethnic and religious of  Russia and the Middle East:

• opinion leaders;
• experts;
• governmental agencies;
• Businessmen;
• media.

Expected outcomes

• to establish Moscow as a platform for a civilizational and cultural dialogue between ethnic and religious groups from the Middle East;
• to advertise positive results of Russian cultural policy and possibly transmit it into other regions;
• to organize an international expert group helping to mitigate ethnic and religious conflicts;
• to connect it with local civil societies, opinion leaders and media.