Putin invited SCO Countries to the World Youth Festival
Russian President Vladimir Putin invited young people from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries to participate in the World Youth Festival scheduled for March 2024 in Sochi (the Sirius Federal Territory).
"I would like to draw your attention, dear friends, to the fact that the World Youth Festival will be held in Sochi from March 1 to 7, 2024. It will be the largest youth event of international level, which will bring together active, not indifferent young people from all over the world," the Russian president said at the SCO online summit, noting that the festival is expected to be attended by over 20,000 representatives from more than 180 countries.
According to Putin, "The Festival will provide great opportunities for direct contact with peers, informal, friendly communication, free of ideological and political barriers, racial and religious prejudice, communication that unites the young generation around the idea of lasting and sustainable peace, prosperity and creativity."
"We will be happy to see delegations from the SCO countries at this global celebration of youth and friendship," concluded the Russian president.
In April, Putin signed a decree on holding the World Youth Festival in Russia. The Festival will be held from March 1 to 7, 2024, to develop international youth cooperation. It will be attended by 20 thousand young people, including 10 thousand foreign participants. Teenagers from 14 to 17 years - 500 from Russia and 500 from abroad - may also participate.
The idea of the World Festival of Youth and Students was born after the Second World War. The organizers were the World Federation of Democratic Youth (founded in November 1945) and the International Union of Students (existed from 1946 until the early 1990s). Last time the World Festival of Youth and Students was held in 2017 in Moscow and Sochi. Its participants were about 25 thousand young people - representatives of public organizations, teachers, and politicians.
Source: TASS
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