On November 24, 2020, the Group of Strategic Vision "Russia-Islamic World" will hold an online conference on "Russia-Islamic World: Crossroads of Information Cooperation". The conference is being prepared with the support of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Union of OIC News Agencies and the Union of Russian Journalists.
The agenda of online meetings: prospects for cooperation between OIC countries and Russia in the media sphere, as well as plans for potential cooperation involving interested organizations and agencies. One of the discussion areas will be the creation of a practical platform for regular meetings of information specialists based on the Group of Strategic vision.
The event is held in preparation for the VI International Forum of Muslim Journalists and Bloggers, which the GSV "Russia-Islamic World" plans to hold in 2021 in an online format. The fifth forum was held in 2019 in St. Petersburg and focused on the impact of the media on public opinion. It was attended by foreign and Russian journalists representing world-famous media, as well as international experts in the information field and senior officials.
The conference on November 24, 2020, will be attended by Farit Mukhametshin - the Deputy Chairman of the Group of Strategic Vision "Russia-Islamic World", Senator of the Russian Federation, Ramazan Abdulatipov - the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OIC, Alexander Bikantov - the Head of the Press Center,the Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry; Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Qarni - the Secretary-General of the OIC News Agencies Union; Zaed Sultan Abdullah - the Deputy Secretary-General of the OIC News Agencies Union; Hazem Abdo - the Head of International Relations Department of the OIC News Agencies Union; Younes Mjahed - the President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ); Anthony Bellanger, the IFJ General-Secretary; Timur Shafir, the IFJ Vice-President, the Head of the International Department of the Union of Journalists of Russia; Ali Hassan - the Editor-in-Chief of MENA News Agency (Egypt); Mona Muteibia - the Director-General of Tunis Africa Press News Agency; Mikhail Kalmykov- TASS First Deputy Director-General; Vasily Pushkov - the Director for International Cooperation of MIA "Russia Today"; Dmitry Koshko - the public figure, creator of the "STOPRUSOFOBIA" website in French, in the past - employee of the "France-Press" agency , and others.
To be accredited for the event please contact rusislworld@mail.ru with your full name and the organization you represent.
Press Service of the GSV "Russia - Islamic World"