Forum provides venue for 'meeting of civilizations'

The congress of leaders of world and traditional religions in the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Astana was put forward by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who had realized an increased role of religion in a society.

The President of Kazakhstan believes that dialog between leaders of the world and traditional religions opens wide prospects for mutual cooperation and promotes overcoming of such negative displays of our time as extremism and terrorism.

Dialog of religions as conceptual idea and means of the resolution of disputes was preferred to methods of violence and terror in interfaith and inter-ethnic relations.