At Russia’s initiative, Serbia, the current chair of the OSCE, held a conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Belgrade on September 8. The event was attended by delegations of the OSCE countries and prominent members of the scientific community. The conference was opened by First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić. Noted Russian scholar and public figure Natalia Narochnitskaya, president of the Historical Perspective Study Foundation, was one of the key speakers at the meeting.
During the meeting the Russian delegation led by Director of the Foreign Ministry Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights Anatoly Viktorov and representatives of other countries and the expert community rebuffed attempts to falsify the history of World War II, forget the historical feat of the Soviet people who routed Nazism and liberated Europe, and revise the principles and verdict of the Nuremberg Trials, which have become part of international law.
During open debates, Russian experts called for consolidation of solidarity, renunciation of confrontation in international relations and development of dialogue on consolidating the Yalta-Potsdam system and the UN Charter with a view to maintaining durable and stable peace and security.
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