I. O. Abramova signed a cooperation agreement of the Africa Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moroccan Center for Strategic Studies

On February 12 and13, 2016, Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Professor I.O. Abramova, DSc (Econ.), visited the Kingdom of Morocco, on the invitation of the Moroccan Center for Strategic Research (ICSR), where she took part in the 7th International Forum on security «Marrakech Security Forum».
This largest international meeting on African security, held under patronage of the King Mohammed VI of Morocco was organised by the ICSR and the African Federation for Strategic Studies.

The forum in Marrakech was attended by over 200 delegates - ministers of several African countries, government officials, diplomats and military personnel, security experts, academics, representatives of regional and international organizations, as well as the world's leading media.
At the forum, Russia was represented by a delegation of the Institute of African Studies and a representative of the Russian Embassy in Morocco. The threat of international terrorism in Africa was the main topic of the deliberations. The forum discussed the causes and conditions conducive to the spread of this threat, sub-regional and specific local characteristics of the activities of terrorist groups, countering the financing of terrorism, the problem of de-radicalization of returning fighters, international cooperation, including information exchange and coordination of the work of the competent authorities of the African countries and their partners for outside the continent.

At the forum I.O. Abramova delivered a keynote address on the theme of international cooperation in combating terrorism on the African continent and the international experience in countering the recruitment of jihadi militants and de-radicalization of the returning fighters from war zones.

In the course of the visit Prof. I.O. Abramova signed the Agreement on Cooperation between the Institute for African studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moroccan Centre for Strategic Studies. Both sides underscored the importance of Russia's participation in African scientific and political forums and expressed their intention to deepen their cooperation. At brief press conference, after signing the agreement, Prof. Abramova spoke about Russia's stand on the burning international issues and the interest of Russian researchers in the study of the Moroccan experience in combating terrorism. Her speech in Arabic was met by enthusiasm and interest by the Moroccan audience. Abramova's presentation at the Forum and the subsequent press-conference was widely covered by local media and in the Moroccan blogosphere and social networks.

In general, the Moroccan media showed great interest in participation at the Forum of the Russian delegation, and in particular, the position of Russia on key issues of world politics and security. Three leading television channels - Channel One of Moroccan television, French-speaking Moroccan TV channel and channel Africanews - the newly created Euronews channel specially created for broadcasting to Africa showed interviews with Prof.Abramova. The signing of the agreement was reported in the largest Moroccan newspapers - "Le Matin", "L'Opinon" and "Le Mag". The TASS agency published a special announcement about the signing of the agreement.

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