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📄 Excerpts from the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Regional tracks of the foreign policy of Russia: The Islamic world
☪️ The states of friendly Islamic civilization, which has great prospects for establishing itself as an independent centre of world development within a polycentric world, are increasingly in demand & more reliable partners of Russia in ensuring security & stability as well as in solving economic problems at the global & regional levels.
❗️ Russia seeks to strengthen the comprehensive mutually beneficial cooperation with the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC), respecting their social & political systems & traditional spiritual & moral values.
In pursuing these aims, Russia is going to focus on:
1) developing the full-scale & trustful cooperation with Iran 🇮🇷, providing comprehensive support for Syria 🇸🇾, & deepening the multifaceted mutually beneficial partnerships with Türkiye 🇹🇷, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Egypt 🇪🇬 & the other Member States of the OIC, given the extent of their sovereignty & constructiveness of their policy toward Russia;
2) establishing a sustainable comprehensive regional security & cooperation architecture in the Middle East & North Africa;
3) promoting interfaith & intercultural dialog & understanding, consolidating efforts to protect traditional spiritual & moral values, & combating Islamophobia, including via the OIC;
4) reconciling differences & normalizing relations among the Member States of the OIC, as well as between these states & their neighbours, including within the efforts aimed at a comprehensive & lasting solution to the Palestinian question;
5) helping resolve & overcome consequences of armed conflicts in the Middle East, North Africa, South, Southeast Asia & other regions where Member States of the OIC are located;
6) unleashing the economic potential of the Member States of the OIC with a view to establishing the Greater Eurasian Partnership.
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Regional tracks of the foreign policy of Russia: The Islamic world
☪️ The states of friendly Islamic civilization, which has great prospects for establishing itself as an independent centre of world development within a polycentric world, are increasingly in demand & more reliable partners of Russia in ensuring security & stability as well as in solving economic problems at the global & regional levels.
❗️ Russia seeks to strengthen the comprehensive mutually beneficial cooperation with the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC), respecting their social & political systems & traditional spiritual & moral values.
In pursuing these aims, Russia is going to focus on:
1) developing the full-scale & trustful cooperation with Iran 🇮🇷, providing comprehensive support for Syria 🇸🇾, & deepening the multifaceted mutually beneficial partnerships with Türkiye 🇹🇷, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Egypt 🇪🇬 & the other Member States of the OIC, given the extent of their sovereignty & constructiveness of their policy toward Russia;
2) establishing a sustainable comprehensive regional security & cooperation architecture in the Middle East & North Africa;
3) promoting interfaith & intercultural dialog & understanding, consolidating efforts to protect traditional spiritual & moral values, & combating Islamophobia, including via the OIC;
4) reconciling differences & normalizing relations among the Member States of the OIC, as well as between these states & their neighbours, including within the efforts aimed at a comprehensive & lasting solution to the Palestinian question;
5) helping resolve & overcome consequences of armed conflicts in the Middle East, North Africa, South, Southeast Asia & other regions where Member States of the OIC are located;
6) unleashing the economic potential of the Member States of the OIC with a view to establishing the Greater Eurasian Partnership.
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🗓 On November 21, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting in Moscow with foreign ministers of Arab and Muslim countries -- Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud from Saudi Arabia, Sameh Shoukri from Egypt, Retno Marsudi from Indonesia, Ayman Safadi from Jordan and Riyad al-Maliki from Palestine and Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha. They are members of the committee that was established in Riyadh on November 11 at the emergency joint summit of the Arab League and the #OIC on the Gaza situation.
The meeting consisted of a detailed exchange of views and a comprehensive analysis of the situation in the zone of the Palestine-Israel conflict. This unprecedented escalation of violence has already claimed over 12,000 Palestinian and 1,400 Israeli lives.
☝️ Having resolutely denounced all forms of terrorism, the participants emphasised that it is unacceptable to fight this evil by means of collective punishment or the indiscriminate use of force against civilian facilities in violation of the Geneva conventions.
The participants confirmed the similarities of the approaches of Russia and countries of the Arab-Muslim community to overcoming this crisis, and expressed their shared support for achieving a durable ceasefire as soon as possible, protecting civilians, respecting international humanitarian law, opening humanitarian corridors, continuing evacuations from the Gaza Strip and freeing hostages.
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❗️ They underlined the need to step up international efforts to create the conditions for progress in negotiations between the sides. These negotiations should result in the formation of an independent Palestinian state in the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem, co-existing in peace and security with Israel.
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The meeting consisted of a detailed exchange of views and a comprehensive analysis of the situation in the zone of the Palestine-Israel conflict. This unprecedented escalation of violence has already claimed over 12,000 Palestinian and 1,400 Israeli lives.
☝️ Having resolutely denounced all forms of terrorism, the participants emphasised that it is unacceptable to fight this evil by means of collective punishment or the indiscriminate use of force against civilian facilities in violation of the Geneva conventions.
The participants confirmed the similarities of the approaches of Russia and countries of the Arab-Muslim community to overcoming this crisis, and expressed their shared support for achieving a durable ceasefire as soon as possible, protecting civilians, respecting international humanitarian law, opening humanitarian corridors, continuing evacuations from the Gaza Strip and freeing hostages.
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❗️ They underlined the need to step up international efforts to create the conditions for progress in negotiations between the sides. These negotiations should result in the formation of an independent Palestinian state in the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem, co-existing in peace and security with Israel.
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