January 30, 2018, 19:00 Ronald Lauder
President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder called Russia the safest country for Jews to live in thanks to the policy of the President of the Russian Federation to combat anti-Semitism. He expressed this point of view on Monday at the opening in Rome of the International Conference on the Responsibility of States, Institutions and Individuals for Countering Anti-Semitism in the Space of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) countries.
"Russia today is one of the safest countries for the life of Jews. Moscow is safer than many other European capitals," Lauder said. He noted that this became possible thanks to the policy of "Russian President Vladimir Putin to suppress anti-Semitism". He also recalled the trends towards the growth of the popularity of extreme right-wing political forces in some European countries, "as the last elections in France and Germany showed".
The international conference on the responsibility of states, institutions and individuals for countering anti-Semitism in the space of the OSCE countries is held at the initiative of Italy, which has passed the chairmanship of this organization. It is attended by delegations from 50 countries, as well as representatives of civil society and a number of organizations.
The current conference is the first major event organized by Italy as part of the OSCE chairmanship. The forum is held with the support of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities and the Foundation of the Center for Modern Jewish Documentation. It is symbolic that it takes place immediately after Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is celebrated on January 27, on the day of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp (Auschwitz) by the Red Army in 1945.
As Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano stated in his welcoming speech, Italy hopes that such a conference will become permanent and annual and will continue to be held by other countries chairing the OSCE.
Source: https://lechaim.ru/news/prezident-vek-ronald-lauder-nazval-rossiyu-samoj-bezopasnoj-dlya-evreev-stranoj/
January 30, 2018, 19:00 Ronald Lauder
President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder called Russia the safest country for Jews to live in thanks to the policy of the President of the Russian Federation to combat anti-Semitism. He expressed this point of view on Monday at the opening in Rome of the International Conference on the Responsibility of States, Institutions and Individuals for Countering Anti-Semitism in the Space of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) countries.
"Russia today is one of the safest countries for the life of Jews. Moscow is safer than many other European capitals," Lauder said. He noted that this became possible thanks to the policy of "Russian President Vladimir Putin to suppress anti-Semitism". He also recalled the trends towards the growth of the popularity of extreme right-wing political forces in some European countries, "as the last elections in France and Germany showed".
The international conference on the responsibility of states, institutions and individuals for countering anti-Semitism in the space of the OSCE countries is held at the initiative of Italy, which has passed the chairmanship of this organization. It is attended by delegations from 50 countries, as well as representatives of civil society and a number of organizations.
The current conference is the first major event organized by Italy as part of the OSCE chairmanship. The forum is held with the support of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities and the Foundation of the Center for Modern Jewish Documentation. It is symbolic that it takes place immediately after Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is celebrated on January 27, on the day of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp (Auschwitz) by the Red Army in 1945.
As Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano stated in his welcoming speech, Italy hopes that such a conference will become permanent and annual and will continue to be held by other countries chairing the OSCE.
Source: https://lechaim.ru/news/prezident-vek-ronald-lauder-nazval-rossiyu-samoj-bezopasnoj-dlya-evreev-stranoj/
