Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation to announce that India and Russia are resuming face-to-face cultural contacts – Politics
NEW DELHI, December 19. / TASS /. Russia and India are returning to face-to-face contacts in the field of cultural ties and are considering new possibilities for enhancing cultural cooperation. This was announced to Russian journalists in New Delhi by Vladimir Tolstoy, adviser to the President of the Russian Federation on culture and art, who arrived in the Indian capital to participate in the Tolstoy-Gandhi conference, organized by the Gandhi Smriti Museum with the support of the Russian Embassy.
Mahatma Gandhi “Gandhi Smriti”, dedicated to the theme of non-violence. full-time form after a break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, “Tolstoy said.
He noted that India and Russia actively continued their cooperation in the online format. But today everyone is trying to overcome these barriers, to look for an opportunity to meet, since the online format does not replace live communication. The parties are actively discussing ways to intensify cooperation, and this was stimulated by the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India on December 6.
Of course, now special working groups, departments will begin to interact and plan large-scale actions in the field of culture and other spheres. – added the adviser to the president.
Among the project investigators, he auditioned for “Russian Seasons” and Bilateral Years. “Even before the pandemic, in my opinion, a promising project called Russian Seasons began. A wide information field is being formed, interest in our culture is increasing,” Tolstoy said.