islamic world, created in 2000 under the leadership of evgeniy maksimovich primakov and mentemir sharipovich shaimeeve aim of strengthening friendship and cooperation between russia and the islamic world. we meet today in kazan, heirs. russia and the islamic world, the participants and guests of the forum, the president sent his greetings russian federation, vladimir vladimirovich putin, chairman of the federation council of the russian federation valentina ivanovna matvienko, and chairman of the state duma vyacheslav viktorovich volodin. i would like to note that the first kazan forum in 2009 brought together 250 participants from 18 countries, this year record numbers were achieved, the event brought together more than 15,000 people from 85 countries and 84 regions. russia hosted about 180 events within the framework of the forum, which resulted in the conclusion of 120 agreements. in total, more than 120 were presented at the forum - more than 40 diplomatic missions of countries in europe, asia and africa, which... indicates the failure of attempts aimed at isolating russia, this is also evidenced