Chingiz Aitmatov
Chingiz Aitmatov's statements at the Russia – Islamic World group's meetings
"THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH MAY BECOME ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES TO MOVE THE WORLD FORWARD TODAY. IT IS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS CAN GO BEYOND SIMPLE CO-EXISTANCE TOWARDS INTERACTION. THEY CAN INTERACT JUST LIKE EVERY LIVING MATTER ON EARTH, JUST LIKE THERE IS INTERDEPENDENCE AND A SENSE OF KINSHIP BETWEEN ARABIAN PALM TREES AND AMAZON FORESTS. THEIR VERY EXISTENCE DEPENDS ON EACH OTHER AS PART OF THE PLANET'S ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE. THIS SHOULD BE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. I THINK ISLAM SHOULD LEAD IN TOLERANCE AND MUTUAL RESPECT THAT COULD SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL ENVIRONMENT."
MEETING OF THE RUSSIA – ISLAMIC WORLD STRATEGIC VISION GROUP.
March 27, 2006, Moscow
"WE HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUND, TRADITIONS, LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS BUT WE FACE THE SAME PATH OF SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT AMID MULTI-FACETED GLOBALIZATION AND WE WILL HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER. OUR STRATEGIC VISIONS CHART THE SAME ROUTE. DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS IN OUR COMMON 21ST CENTURY NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE SAME WAY WHICH MEANS THAT THEIR DIFFERENCES SHOULD SERVE IN THE INTEREST OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES."
MEETING OF THE RUSSIA – ISLAMIC WORLD STRATEGIC VISION GROUP.
FEBRUARY 1, 2007, ISTANBUL.
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A letter by Chingiz Aitmatov to Lyabuda Davletshina, head of the regional ethnographic museum in the town of Kukmor, Tatarstan
Group of Strategic Vision "Russia - Islamic World"
