The President’s message reads, in part:
“It is symbolic that prominent scientists, experts, and government and business community representatives from different countries have chosen Moscow as the venue for discussing this important subject.
Russia has almost a quarter of the world’s fresh water resources, effective and careful use of which will help to guarantee access to quality potable water not only here in Russia but also abroad.
Modernising industry and making it more environmentally safe and improving environmental protection legislation are essential steps we need to take to successfully address the water resources issue. We must make full use of the potential offered by Russian science, spread the application of new technology and develop investment cooperation with foreign partners.
I hope that the forum’s recommendations will contribute to the implementation of Russia’s Pure Water state programme and will help to improve our citizens’ health and quality of life.”