Rabbi Schneier met with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and the leadership of Russia’s other religious groups expressing that interreligious cooperation is critical as faith communities transcend national borders. Religious leaders must continue to work together to help advance respect for human dignity, quality of life and respond to natural disasters and peaceful co-existence. His Holiness emphasized the significant platform the Appeal of Conscience Foundation has played in such dialogue not only during the cold war but in present times when people are confronted with new difficulties, new problems and new challenges.
Later United States Ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman welcomed the religious leaders to the Spaso House in Moscow for a private reception.