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"Thank you. The town of Khanty-Mansiysk in the Siberian province of Yugra is the site of the Russian summit and of Finno-Ugrian peoples, and in two days’ time it will be the site of the fifth World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples. The EU is also providing financial support to the Finno-Ugric peoples for the fight to maintain their identities. The speeches by the EU delegation present and the four heads of state, especially the Hungarian head of state, have emphasised how important it is that endangered peoples should have not only dance groups and choirs but also education in their mother tongue and self-determination.
This Congress has two messages for the EU. The first is that the Year of Intercultural Dialogue should not only be a year of dialogue between the cultures of the large peoples. The second is that we are facing incomprehensible phenomena when the parliament of a European country wants to vote to decide that its country should be monolingual when there are 75 regional languages in that country. If the EU and Russia consider it important to preserve the cultures and mother tongues of the peoples living in their territory, this should also be the example for the Member States of the EU to follow. Thank you."@en1
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