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9th of May is a special day in
calendars of many countries – on this day we all celebrate Great
Victory of the forces of creation and civilization over the
forces of destruction and barbarity, the Victory of life over
death.
The
upcoming Victory anniversary celebration bears a great symbolic
significance for all nations who shed their blood fighting
Nazism.
World War II was indeed an epochal event. It was not only a
global battle that exceeded in scale all the previous armed
conflicts in world history. Colliding in it were not only the
different interests of states and even not so much the different
ideologies, but the diametrically opposed, irreconcilable
approaches to the very bases of mankind's existence. For the
first time in history, the stake in this struggle was the
preservation of the life of whole nations.
The
experience of the international brotherhood in arms during the
war years is assuming particular significance in the conditions
when a global challenge has again been thrown down to humanity,
this time by international terrorism, which is no less dangerous
and cunning than fascism. And no less merciless: thousands of
innocent people have already become its victims. The foundations
of civilization have again turned out to be in jeopardy.
To
cope with this kind of threat, just as 65 years ago, is only
possible on the basis of solidarity and mutual trust.
Our
duty to those who paid with their blood for the sake of saving
humanity from fascism consists primarily of putting a reliable
barrier in the way of disseminating the ideas of intolerance and
racial, national or religious superiority, behind which world
dominance pretensions hide, serving as a ground for new threats.
Harmonious development of relations between various
nationalities and confessions, tolerance and mutual respect,
preservation of cultural diversity, an open and constructive
dialogue of civilizations - these are the main conditions for
victory over the forces of hatred and extremism.
The
history of the Great Victory is an inexhaustible source of
strength and confidence in the future for us.
Singapore, May 7th,
2010
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Ambassador
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhataev |
Ambassador
of the Russian Federation
Andrey Rozhkov |
Ambassador
of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Alisher Kurmanov |
Charge d’Affaires a.i.
of Ukraine
Vsevolod Mytsyk |
Signed Original of the Joint Communique
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