Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov arrives in Morocco to take part in the 6th session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum.
Lavrov called the forum “an important mechanism of cooperation” between Russia and Arab countries.
The forum on December 20 will be the sixth session since its inception in 2009 following the signing of a memorandum between the Arab League and Russia. Morocco chairs the Arab League’s Council of Ministers and was requested by the League to host the sixth session.
The forum will be held in an expanded troika format with the participation of the Arab League Secretary General, the three members of the Arab Ministerial Troika, as well as the summit chairman. Participation will be open to ministerial delegations.
The last session was held in 2019 in Moscow. However, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the forum being postponed in subsequent years.
The forum offers a platform to exchange views and coordinate positions on issues at regional and international levels. According to Abu Zeid, Egypt MFA spokesman, the meetings will address a number of important regional and international issues, most notably the war in the Gaza Strip and ways to end it as soon as possible.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry also travelled to Morocco on Tuesday to attend the forum in Marrakech.
