At the invitation of Presidents of the Russian Republics of Tatarstan and Dagestan, Ambassador Dr. Ezzat Saad, Director of the Council, participated in the Fourth session of the “Russia and the Islamic World: A Strategic Partnership” Group meeting which was held from 11 to 13 November 2018 in a resort on the Caspian Sea Coast in the Russian Republic of Dagestan located in the southwest of Russia.
The agenda of the meeting concerned issues of extremism, terrorism, as well as methods and means of youth protection against the dangers of terrorism through political, economic, and social empowerment; improvement of the quality of education, utilization of technology, as well as educational and youth exchange between Russia and the Islamic States.
As the first speaker during his participation in the work of the First session, he made a speech referring to the great role undertaken by the Egyptian Government, under the personal auspices of President of the Republic, to empower youth; whether through the organization of the World Youth Forum which held its Second session from 3 to 6 November, 2018, or through the Decree of establishing “the National academy” for qualifying youth and government employees for taking on leading positions; pointing out the possible utilization of Egypt’s experience in such field by the Strategic partnership Group in connection with a proposal made by Russia to establish a “School of Future Leaders” for Russia and the Islamic World; this proposal was agreed upon by the group members