Please, help me to translate the sentence below
"We needed to know we had a sound business plan," he said on the fringes of the FIPP World Magazine Congress.

I'm confused by next phrase: "a sound business plan" and "on the fringes of the Congress"

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Please, help me to translate the sentence below
"We needed to know we had a sound business plan," he said on the fringes of the FIPP World Magazine Congress.

I'm confused by next phrase: "a sound business plan" and "on the fringes of the Congress"

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a sound business plan is well done
on the fringes of the Congress, it means something discussed in the Congress but it was not the main subject

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"On the fringes" usually means "at the edge/periphery".

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a sound business plan = good business plan..which may work at ease and understandable to all..

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a sound business = солидное дело

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When something is "sound", it means it is secure and 'healthy'.

"On the fringes of ____" means at the edges of. In this context, the quote is not from something said during the meetings (congress), but said in relation to, just before the FIPP World Magazine Congress began.

Please don't mistake "congress" as anything to do with politics here.

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