RIAC Discusses African Problems

On February 26, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov received a delegation of the Polisario Front National Secretariat including its liaison with the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara Mohammed Haddad and Polisario Representative in Moscow Ali Salem.

On February 26, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov received a delegation of the Polisario Front National Secretariat including its liaison with the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara Mohammed Haddad and Polisario Representative in Moscow Ali Salem.

The Russian side was also represented by Research Fellow at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Vassily Kuznetsov, RIAC Program Manager Lyudmila Filippova and Program Coordinator Maria Gurova.

The participants focused on the status of Western Africa and political processes on the African continent, while Dr. Kortunov informed the guests about RIAC’s basic working principles and research plans. Summarizing the talks, the Polisario officials expressed hope that RIAC expands its projects on the countries of Maghreb.