Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered brief welcoming remarks to the second Open Dialogue International Forum in Moscow, in which participants submitted “essays and creative works” on different topics. Putin emphasized that the world has entered “an era of deep structural shifts,” in which Western states “are losing their leadership and are being replaced by new centers of growth, such as the countries of the Global South.”
“A more complex, multipolar architecture of international development is taking shape literally on our watch. Countries which understand and appreciate the importance of national sovereignty in politics, economics, culture and social affairs are playing an increasingly prominent role in international affairs… Therefore, the global development model can be stable and just only when based on the principles of equality and mutual respect while taking into consideration the interests of all countries.”
