Russian-Arab cooperation forum to be held in Moscow by yearend

11:45, 8 April 2010

CAIRO. April 8. KAZINFORM. The first Russian-Arab cooperation forum will be held in the capital of Russia, Moscow, by the end of 2010, a diplomat from the Russian Foreign Ministry said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

"This forum will help to promote better political coordination between us and to strengthen our relations in the economic, financial, investment spheres, culture, sports as well as in other sectors," Sergei Vershinin, the head of the ministry's department for the Middle East and North Africa, said.

He added that the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Arab League have already begun their work on the preparations for the upcoming forum in Moscow.

A memorandum on establishing the Russian-Arab cooperation forum was signed by the head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the latter's visit to Cairo last December.

Established by the seven founding states in 1945 in Cairo, Arab League now has 22 members, including 21 states and the Palestinian Liberation Organization; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.

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