I see a lot of familiar faces here, my colleague diplomats, representatives of foreign of conferences and events on nonproliferation. Thank you so much for coming your today. Express e to this i would like to express special gratitude to the director for cooperating with the foreign minister. Over the years of your work, this forum has become an important platform for the discussion on nonproliferation for representatives, leaders, and all those who deal with such important aspects of nonproliferation, antidevelopment and arms control. In june we will be marking the signing, the anniversary of the signing of the nonproliferation treaty, the npt, which is the of thert nonproliferation regime. Thewe have to say that treaty that has laid down the foundations of nonproliferation is now challenged quite a lot, and it is to a large extent related to the fact that many countries are challenging the norms and values and the successes that have become the result of our collective efforts. We ar