Vladimir Putin sent a salutatory telegram to delegates at a Russian-Italian seminar on international adoption issues
The telegram reads as follows:
"Comprehensive care for children, their competent upbringing and their healthy physical and moral development are an absolute priority for any civilised society. Kindness and concern for the younger generation serve as criteria for civic consciousness, a sign of societal maturity.
Today, the processes of adopting boys and girls are of an international and in many ways global nature. This facilitates solving the main task of finding a family for the child. In addition, it is necessary to react to any problems in this effort in a deliberate and timely fashion, effectively protecting children from any form of violence or exploitation.
I am confident that the agreement on adoption signed last year between Russia and Italy will serve as tangible progress with regard to these issues. It will contribute to the development of the customarily friendly relations of our countries and peoples."
