Arab-Russian Senior Officials Committee Meets to Prepare for First Arab-Russian Summit

The Joint Arab-Russian Senior Officials Committee convened on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at the headquarters of the League of Arab States in Cairo, to prepare for the first Arab-Russian Summit, scheduled to be held in Moscow, Russian Federation, on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

The meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Dr. Qahtan Taha Khalaf, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Iraq to the League of Arab States (representing the current presidency of the Arab Summit), H.E. Ambassador Alexander Kinshak, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and H.E. Ambassador Dr. Khaled bin Mohammed Manzlawiy, Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the International Political Affairs Sector at the League of Arab States.

The session followed consultations between Iraq’s presidency and the General Secretariat to discuss the arrangements for the upcoming summit and the 7th session of the Arab-Russian Cooperation Forum at the ministerial level. Participants also reviewed and finalized the draft outcome documents, including the “Final Declaration” and the “Action Plan for Implementing the Principles and Objectives of the Arab-Russian Cooperation Forum for 2026–2028.”