IX St. Petersburg Cultural Forum Postponed to 2021

15/10/2020 20:01

Press service of the St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum reports that the Ministry of culture of the Russian Federation, in cooperation with the Government of the Russian Federation, has decided to cancel the IX St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum in 2020. The event will take place in 2021. The dates of the Forum in 2021 had been announced back in 2018. Next year the Forum will take place on November 11–13. 

“The safety of Forum participants and guests is the main priority of organizers. The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation has held consultations with the Government of St. Petersburg regarding holding the Forum this year. The participants of the discussion decided that it was impossible to hold the Forum in the face-to-face format this year without the threat of spreading the coronavirus infection (COVID-19) among the participants, given the worsening sanitary and epidemiological situation in St. Petersburg and the rest of Russia. At the same time, due to the diverse character of sections and tracks of the Forum, the Ministry of Culture of Russia thought it ineffective to hold the Forum online. This format would not allow to implement fully the main goals of the Forum: to facilitate open communication of the international cultural community, exchange opinions in the friendly atmosphere and support informal contacts between foreign delegations and culture workers from different countries,” - the message reads.

Recall, the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly planned to take part in the IX St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum (SPbCF 2020) and hold a panel discussion with the participation of a pool of international experts from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Gambia, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Russia, Ukraine, France and other countries. The topic of the discussion is “Cultural and Spiritual Foundations of International Public Relations”. The Assembly thanks all those who participated in the preparation of the panel discussion and looks forward to continuing cooperation in 2021.