We're working on accession to the WTO very actively. We still have several countries with which we need to conclude agreements and possibly that will happen next year.

It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents.

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly.

Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state.

When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.

We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed.

North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts.