Federation Council Speaker Mironov is representing Russia at celebrations in Jerusalem to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. The Israeli capital is also hosting a three-day international forum to mark the event.
"I believe it would be useful for Russian and Israeli envoys to the UN to promote jointly at regional and international parliamentary and political forums efforts to fight manifestations of extremism and attempts to rewrite history and glorify Nazism," Mironov said.
He also proposed establishing in Jerusalem an international center for cooperation among representatives of different faiths.
The current forum in Jerusalem features over a dozen of heads of state and government, including U.S. President George Bush, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, as well as a number of Nobel Prize winners, ex-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Former British PM Tony Blair and Mikhail Gorbachev are also attending.
The 3,000 participants in the forum are discussing a range of foreign policy issues, the future of the global economy, medicine, and a host of other matters.
