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Wednesday 16 February 2022

Visit of the Kurdistan Region Delegation

 
On February 16, 2022, the delegation of RUDAW Media Group and Youth Party for Construction and Change (KRI, Iraq) met President of the Institute of Oriental Studies Prof. Vitaly Naumkin and Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies Dr. Vasily Kuznetsov.

RUDAW CEO Mohammed Ako expressed his interest in professional contacts with the Institute. He pointed out that RUDAW is both the leading media agency in Kurdistan Region and Iraq as a whole, represented around the world (including USA, Turkey and United Kingdom) with a network of offices, and a large analytical center with its own think tank in Paris. Prof. Naumkin suggested collaboration in the organization of discussion forums, conferences and round tables. Mr. Ako supported this initiative, suggesting the issues of Russian-Iraqi relations and their prospects as a topic for fruitful conversation. Moreover, he stated that the experts of IOS RAS and RUDAW can create and publish a collective monograph in the nearest future. For her part, Ms. Barwin Ibrahim, Secretary General of the Youth Party for Construction and Change, offered another topic for further discussion - Russia's role in facilitation of the Kurdish problem in Syria. 

As a result of the meeting, the sides agreed to continue the expert dialogue.