Dmitry Chumakov, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations

"I am very impressed by the event and by the sincere things that people are saying … During the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, the Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed our support to the initiative introduced by the Chinese President Xi Jinping on establishing a more effective and efficient system of global governance and its very relevant initiative, timely initiative. "Russia is very much interested in further working on discussions of development of this initiative to further advance the principles of sovereign equality and respect for the international rule of law and the genuine spirit of multilateralism."