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Article: Cyprus hosts Asia-Europe interfaith dialogue
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- July 3, 2006
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Cyprus hosts Asia-Europe interfaith dialogue
NICOSIA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A three-day Asia-Europe Meeting (
ASEM) Interfaith Dialogue opened in Cyprus' southeastern coastal town
of Larnaca on Monday.
More than 200 delegates from 40 European and South Asian countries
as well as some international organizations participated in the
meeting.
They include governmental officials, political and religious
leaders, academics, intellectuals and representatives of the press.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Cyprus President Tassos
Papadopoulos said the interfaith dialogue can and should become an
annual event and permanent feature of the ASEM process.
In late July 2005, over 130 religious and ...