MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov proposed Monday holding a meeting of "Russia and the Islamic world" group under the chairmanship of Tatarstan's president before the end of 2014.
"We would appreciate it if you agreed to participate in the work of this group, and we hope to hold the first meeting of the renewed group ["Russia and the Islamic world"] under Mr. Minnikhanov's [Rustam Minnikhanov, current president of Tatarstan – federal subject of Russia] chairmanship before this year's end," Bogdanov said at his meeting with Syria's Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun.
"The new chairman [of the group] is the president of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. And now we turn to our foreign friends in the Islamic world, in Muslim countries, inviting them to join this group. Of course, first of all, it refers to religious figures," Bogdanov added.
The group "Russia and the Islamic world" was established following Russia's joining the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation as an observer in 2005. The group aims at enhancing and developing Russia's ties with the global Muslim community.
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