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Author : M. Bragin
Correspondent for International Affairs in Mexico
A REGIONAL CONFERENCE of Russian com-
patriots living in North and Latin America was held
in the capital of Mexico. The conference held in
Mexico with the active organizational support of the
Russian Embassy and Federal Agency of CIS Affairs,
Compatriots Abroad and International Humanitarian
Cooperation was the third regional forum of its kind,
bringing together members of compatriots' organi-
zations living in the countries of the Western hemi-
sphere.
It will be no exaggeration to say that the forum held in the Mexican capital was extremely inten-
sive. The fact that the conference took place on the eve of the World Congress of Compatriots
in Moscow gave it special significance.
The end goal for all of us is forming a full-fledged consolidated diaspora from Alaska to Tierra
del Fuego that has strong ties with the historical Homeland.
The plenary sessions focused on issues involving the activity of the Russian-speaking commu-
nities in different countries. The delegates of the coordinating councils of compatriots who gave
reports drew the attention of their colleagues and representatives of the RF Ministry of Foreign
Affairs to the problems they have to deal with in their daily efforts to preserve their historical
and cultural uniqueness and shared their experience on strengthening unity and solidarity among
Russian compatriots, spreading the Russian language in the region, and involving young people
in these efforts.
Of course, today things are changing, and new forms of communication are opening up both
before Russians living in Russia and our compatriots in the Near and Far Abroad, the most dem-
ocratic and available of which are the opportunities offered by the global Internet.
One of the final documents of the regional forum of compatriots held in the Mexican capital
was a special resolution to support the preservation of Fort Ross Park in the State of California
as a monument to Russian historical heritage on the West Coast of America. The conference's
resolution on Fort Ross was adopted on the initiative of U.S. delegate Natalie Sabelnik, who rep-
resented the Congress of Russian Americans at the forum.
The wide range of issues and problems discussed during the third regional conference of com-
patriots and the numerous proposals put forward by its participants showed the demand for this
kind of work format with the representatives of the Russian-speaking communities of the Amer-
ican continent.
From Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego