Dear members and guests of the Congress!

The days of our Forum, our joint meetings went as a short moment. They were pleasant and fruitful. We and you made another one important step on the way of consolidation of harmony and establishment of dialogue's practice among civilizations, religions, countries and peoples.

The results of our conversations and discussions with all convincingness demonstrated that the idea of cooperation in the name of future, in the name of peaceful and worthy life for peoples of different religions and nations has right for life.

The variety is not disadvantage, visa versa, it's an invaluable gift from God, because of which the present mutual enrichment, real development are taking place. Each people have unique, with its inherent traditions, history and way of thinking. Everyone contributes his own special melody in the polyphony of spiritual culture of mankind.

I want to concentrate your attention on the following problem such as the growth of number and influence of all sorts of pseudo religious associations. They exist practically in every country and mainly are parasitic on existing difficulties in the modern world.

Many of them under fashionable masks preach the ideas far from harmless, do deeds far from good, result of which could be the undermining of basis of not only religion, civil society, but also state.

We should to opposite to such organizations, to stop their activity, protecting our citizens from any negative influence.

For all of us the imperishable urgency of those moral postulates, which are common for the entire world, traditional and national religions, becomes increasingly obvious.

Let us recall the truth, heard in this Congress on different languages and stated figures of different religions:

- "all existence, common for all mankind, is going back to one God " - from the speech of representative of Islam;

- "we have one forefather  - Abraham" - from Judaism;

- "don't kill one's neighbor " - Buddhist said;

- "peace and accordance through harmony with yourself and nature " - from Dao religion;

- "help to another one, even he/she is adherent of other religion or even non-believer" - Orthodox Christianity;

- "peace - gift of God, and as gift of God is our meeting" - said clergyman of Vatican.

So we again visually make sure that all religions preach the peace via faith, tolerance, harmony and philanthropy.

This confirms our opinion that world traditional religions can be as connecting link in dialogue of different peoples and civilizations.

In the modern life it's very important for us to use that huge experience of the creation, which was collected by different religions during their rich history.

All of us have the one way to God. And time came for more active dialogue among religions.

We feel the obvious need in international interfaith organization, which could to carry into life the unified will of authoritative spiritual leaders and believers on permanent base.

This function could be done by the Forum of world and traditional-national religions.

Can the religion be as the stimulus of creation and development in XXI century?

I think, our joint work in these two days with evidence showed - undoubtedly, it can be.

We should understand the one simple but inviolable truth - all of us in the modern world are interdependent. And this interdependency is delicate and sensitive mechanism, reacting on any nuances and fluctuations.

It's important that our common home is not only our country, but our entire Earth.

And all of us want that our children, grandchildren and grand grandchildren will live peacefully, in healthy environment, in harmony with other nations and religions, and don't know wars and asperity.

I hope, that our activity, our prayers and sympathy will help to approach that bright time when suffers of millions of people in hotspots of Planet, in zones of different conflicts will stop.

For all of us the happiness and good will happen when long-awaiting peace will come in Middle East, the tension will fall in Balkan Mountains, in some regions of Southern Asia, Africa continent and other places.

Concluding my speech, I would like to express again the sincere gratitude to our respected guests - heads and representatives of delegations for their active participation in work.

In these days, we have received a big quantity of letters, telegrams and messages via email to our address from many countries.

In this connection I express the special gratitude to leaders of states, political and public figures, for people from different countries and Kazakhstan, who supported the idea of present Forum and necessity of dialogue among religions.

As I conceive, we could develop the formula, confirming our adherence to eternal truth such as Tolerance, Truth, Fairness and Love.

It was reflected in the Declaration adopted by us.

We agree in opinion that extremism, separatism, terrorism and other types of violence in the name of religion have nothing in common with real understanding of religion and they are threat for mankind.

We recognised that interfaith dialogue is the one of key methods of social development and improvement of prosperity of all peoples.

We expressed the readiness to make all efforts in provision of peace and mankind's progress, stability in societies, as basis of harmonious peace in future.

I thank all members of present Forum for putting of trust for us the preparation of next Congress.

This says, that idea of permanent interfaith dialog as instrument of creation of the Territory of peace and harmony, the Time of harmony and clearness started to be realized.

I would like to hope that we will not forget our meeting in Astana city when we will come back to our homes, and will continue our intercourse, exchange of views and everyday work on development of peace and harmony, getting over the tension and conflicts.

And if we will bring to our entire parish, citizens of our countries the meaning and essence of our conversation here, only by this we will bring big contribution in deed of peace and harmony.

I suppose it is appropriate to conclude our Congress by words from the adopted Declaration: May our deeds will be blessed, may the fairness, peace and prosperity will be gifted for all people of the Earth.

May grace of God will come for you and your countries. May the troubles and misfortunes will bypass you. Let your days will be full of care for good of people, piece and stability.

Have a good trip! Good bye for the moment!

Astana, 24^th September, 2003