“Starting in 2021, at the expense of a Russian voluntary contribution, the translation of statutory documents, regulations and other technical documentation will be carried out, as well as simultaneous translation will be provided during events.
It is planned to create and regularly update the Russian-language section of the Organization's website, ”the message says.
The ministry noted that "the acquisition of the official status of the Russian language was preceded by the significant work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia with the OIE member states."
“Some of them tried to obstruct the Russian initiative, citing the demands to amend the federal law of the Russian Federation of December 27, 2019 No. 468-FZ“ On viticulture and winemaking in the Russian Federation ”.
Nevertheless, the voting results showed that most countries preferred to distance themselves from politicizing this decision and supported the expansion of the OIE language regime.
Russian has become the sixth official language of the Organization, along with English, French, Spanish, Italian and German, ”the ministry said.
The Foreign Ministry added that "the Russian side continues to consistently defend the cornerstone for international organizations principle of multilingualism, as well as to strengthen the position of the Russian language in the world."