Russian
President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (M.I.D.) to
initiate, before 1 March 2021, a discussion on the international
level of
questions concerning prevention of actions aimed at hurting
believers'
religious feelings and exacerbating inter-religious strife and
conflicts on
religious grounds.
The
corresponding instruction by the head of state, based on the
results of his
meeting with representatives of religious associations, was
published on Friday
on the Kremlin website.
In
addition, the foreign policy bureau was instructed to "consider
the
possibility of concluding international agreements and/or
adoption of a
resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on such
matters."
Ismail
Berdiev, the head of the Coordinating Center of Muslims of the
Northern
Caucasus, one of the participants in Putin's meeting with
members of religious
associations, appealed to the president with the idea of
addressing in the
United Nations Security Council the question of the introduction
in all
countries of a law concerning the impermissibility of offending
the feelings of
believers. (tr. by PDS, posted 12 December 2020)
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