russia islamic world, pentimer sharipovich shaimiev, state councilor of the republic of tatarstan, unescol ambassador for international dialogue, hero of labor of the russian federation federation. adilbek alezhevich kasamaliev. first deputy chairman of the cabinet of ministers of the kyrgyz republic. deputy prime minister of the republic of kazakhstan. said den mahad al-sakri, minister of economy of the sultanate of amman. deputy minister of economy of the united arab emirates. deputy minister of foreign affairs of the islamic republic of iran. the moderator of the plenary session is amro abd el hamid. tv journalist, director of the center for arab-eurasian studies. ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, i'm glad to be here with you, and it is a great honor for me to moderate the plenary session of the russia-islamic world forum. this year we celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of its launch. on the initiative of the group of strategic vision of russia, the islamic world, created in 2000 under the leadership of evgeniy maksimovich primakov and mentemir sharipovich shaimeev with the aim of

dear sharipovich.ch for coming to us for the celebrations of the subsequent victory day. this is our common holiday, you and i have talked about this many times, including yesterday and today during our meetings and contacts. thank you for your words condolences expressed by you, you were one of the first to say this on the occasion of the terrorist attack in moscow. our special services are actively working to relieve common problems. the main trade and economic partner of tajikistan, we occupy first place in terms of trade turnover, and our relations are developing more and more actively in many areas, and this cannot but rejoice, we have the opportunity today to discuss the entirety of our joint work, and once again i want to say that i’m very glad to see you, you’re welcome, dear. big thank you for the invitation, for the hospitality, wonderful conditions, firstly, i would like to congratulate you on the holiday, victory, this is in our common fight, you are right about this, and yesterday in my ad