"Russia is a unique society. It is a multi-ethnic country. First, cultural exchange. There is a need to organize programs, whereby Ndigbo and Russia will be having this cultural exchange [...]. I saw that some Russians are beginning to learn Swahili. Let me use this opportunity to call on the government to introduce Igbo language in institutional curriculum as a language. It is very important [...]. Now, the third point I want to raise is business and economic development initiatives. This is very vital between Russia and the Igbo. And that is where I said that with time we are going to be doing Igbo Russian business forum, whereby we'll be able to bring in some high-quality and very highly placed Igbo businessmen and governments to come to Russia," Umenne stresses.