The Government Commission on Compatriots Living Abroad (GCCLA) held a regular meeting at the Foreign Ministry. Sergey Lavrov chaired the meeting.
The meeting participants reviewed the Commission’s performance in 2019. According to the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry, 5 regional conferences and over 80 conferences by country were held abroad for Russian compatriots with support from the GCCLA.
In Russia, the most important event was the global themed conference of Russian compatriots abroad, Compatriots and Continuity of Generations, which was held in Moscow on October 30 and 31 of this year. The forum drew 155 Russian compatriots from different social backgrounds living in 95 countries.
The program of events to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War was also discussed.
A GCCLA meeting schedule for 2020 was approved.
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Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry