On May 16, 2025, the annual meeting of the Group of Strategic Vision "Russia - Islamic World" will be held in the "IT Park" (Kazan, Russian Federation). It will be timed to the events of the International Economic Forum "Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum 2025". The topic of the meeting is "The experience of Russia and the countries of the Islamic world in the field of youth policy: common challenges and joint actions".
KazanForum is the main platform for interaction between Russian Federation and Muslim states, and the Group of Strategic Vision "Russia - Islamic World" is one of the main instruments for practical implementation of this collaboration.
The meeting will address the issues of implementing training programs, educational and research projects, as well as holding various international conferences and seminars, public education events, and expanding cooperation between Russian and foreign partner universities.
For the first time, the official meeting will be preceded by a series of discussion working meetings held the day before. The new format of work will ensure dialogue between Russian and foreign members of the Group, as well as with the expert community.
The meeting on May 16 will be attended by Head of the Republic of Tatarstan and Chairman of the Group of Strategic Vision "Russia - Islamic World" Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigoriy Karasin, Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Grigoriy Gurov, as well as heads of Russian regions, prominent public, political and religious figures, representatives of diplomatic circles and the expert community from Russia and abroad.
Participation in the event has been confirmed by the heads of international entities and representatives of foreign organizations, including Mohamed Tekaya, Director-General for Political Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC); Taha Ayhan, President of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF); Salim Al-Malik, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO); Sami Al-Sharif, Secretary General of the League of Islamic Universities; Hamid Hawali Shahriyari, Secretary General of the World Organization for the Convergence of Madhhabs; Mabrouk Zeid Al Kheir, Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Council of Algeria; Ali Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the World Council of Muslim Communities (UAE); Abdullah Al-Maatouq, Chairman of the International Islamic Charity Organization (Kuwait); Ezzat Saad, Director of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs; Habib Al-Riyami, Secretary general of the Sultan Qaboos Higher Center for Culture and Science (Oman); Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Supreme Judge of Palestine; Osman Aşkın Bak, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye; Khalifa Al Zahiri, Chancellor of Mohammed bin Zayed University for the Humanities and others. The meeting will also be attended by heads of foreign diplomatic missions, famous scientists and thinkers of the Islamic world, rectors of local and foreign universities.
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