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On September 3, 2015, RIAC, MGIMO-University and Saudi Institute of Diplomatic Studies held the first Russian-Saudi roundtable on bilateral relations, Middle East situation and the Gulf security. The event was opened by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, MGIMO Pro-Rector on Research and RIAC member Eugeny Kozhokin, Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Oleg Ozerov, Saudi Ambassador to Russia Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Rassi, and Institute of Diplomatic Studies Director Abdulkarim bin Hamoud Al-Dakhil.

On September 3, 2015, RIAC, MGIMO-University and Saudi Institute of Diplomatic Studies held the first Russian-Saudi roundtable on bilateral relations, Middle East situation and the Gulf security.

The event was opened by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, MGIMO Pro-Rector on Research and RIAC member Eugeny Kozhokin, Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Oleg Ozerov, Saudi Ambassador to Russia Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Rassi, and Institute of Diplomatic Studies Director Abdulkarim bin Hamoud Al-Dakhil.

The event was attended by key Russian and Saudi experts, with RIAC represented by Ambassador Alexander Aksenyonok, and RIAC experts, among them Director of Center for Arabic and Islamic Studies at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Vassily Kuznetsov, Professor Grigory Kosach of Russian State University of Humanities, MGIMO Professor and Chief Researcher of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Irina Zvyagelskaya, and Chief Researcher of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Dmitry Mikulsky.

Underlining the new stage of bilateral relations, more political contacts and more trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, the discussants focused on security in relation to the Gulf countries, Middle East in the context of Syria and other regional hotbeds.

 

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