Konstantin Shuvalov will participate in the economic summit “Russia – Islamic World: KazanSummit 2019”

22 April 2019

Konstantin Shuvalov, Special Representative of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for Cooperation with Organizations of Muslim States, Deputy Chairman of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia – Islamic World” will participate in the forum of young diplomats of the OIC countries on the 24th of April within the opening of the summit “Russia – Islamic World: KazanSummit 2019”.

 

Konstantin Kolpakov, Chairman of the Council of Young Diplomats of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, will be a moderator of the Forum. Konstantin Shuvalov, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Russia and Deputy Chairman of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia – Islamic World”, will be a key speaker of the event.

 

The OIC Young Diplomats Forum is a unique discussion platform for young officials of Foreign Ministries of the world with the participation of famous public figures, diplomats, authorities. The work of the platform is based on the principles of network diplomacy.

 

The purpose of applying the concept “network diplomacy” in the framework of the summit “Russia – Islamic World: KazanSummit 2019” is to establish and develop close interpersonal contacts among young diplomats, international experts and representatives of the elites of the participating countries based on equal, informal and creative communication, to create on this basis the atmosphere of mutual understanding, trust and common interests and, in addition to it, to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in the long run.

 

The XI International Economic Summit “Russia – Islamic World: KazanSummit 2019” will take place from the 24th to the 26th of April at the Kazan International Exhibition Centre “Kazan Expo”. The event is the main platform for cooperation between the Russian Federation and countries of the Islamic world. In 2019 the Russian-Indonesian Business-Forum will be held as a part of the summit for the first time.

 

Press-centre of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia – Islamic World”.