Fedotov: " Petersburg dialogue " could help in the situation in Ukraine
Forum " Petersburg dialogue " could play a significant role in regulating the situation in Ukraine, said a member of the coordination unit of the forum, the head of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation on the development of civil society And human rights Mikhail Fedotov.
before the Russian head of the coordination Department of the forum Viktor Zubkov said that the Russian-German Forum " Petersburg dialogue " moved to February 2015. In his vision, the conclusion on the transfer forum And statements about needed reforms associated with changes in foreign policy in Berlin.
" It seems to me that the " Petersburg dialogue " without a doubt, could play a very important role in the regulation of the situation in Ukraine is not only humanitarian, but also in other spheres, " Fedotov said at a press conference in MIA " Russia today ".
He explained that the " Petersburg dialogue " takes place not only in the format of forums between forums are events, conferences, seminars." And here at this conference to invite commissioners of Ukraine And to discuss issues that are of interest for the Russian civil society, And German civil society, And for the Ukrainian civil society. Without a doubt, It has the ability to be very useful. We must learn that skill that we always had, namely the ability to hear one another. This is again a question of Dialogue, and in this case, even Trialogue " - said Fedotov.
Annual Congress of the " Petersburg dialogue " in 2014 has been cancelled. The forum And the traditional parallel Russian-German intergovernmental meetings have been held in Sochi at the end of October, but relations between the 2 countries by this time has deteriorated due to differences in Ukraine. German media also stated that the leaders of the " Dialogue " And related " German-Russian forum " have the opportunity to be changed, and the reformed Forum on the initiative of the German government And a private person of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Forum " Petersburg dialogue " was established in 2001 on the initiative of the leaders of Russia And Germany centuries Putin And Gerhard Schroeder, the first meeting was held in St. Petersburg. The main objective of the forum was to deepen mutual understanding between Russia And Germany, the development of bilateral cooperation in all spheres of society, overcoming prejudice in the mutual perception And, thus, stimulating relations between the 2 countries. The co-chairs of the forum was the former Prime Minister of the GDR Lothar de m?zi?res And former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov. Traditionally, the Forum was held in parallel with the German-Russian intergovernmental consultations.