CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry traveled to Morocco on Tuesday to take part in the Arab-Russian cooperation forum in Marrakesh.
Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the forum on Dec. 20 will be the sixth session since launching in 2009 following a memorandum between the Arab League and Russia. Moscow hosted the most recent session in 2019.
The importance of the forum has increased in recent years, offering a platform for exchanging views and coordinating positions on issues at the regional and international levels, Abu Zeid added.
Shoukry is scheduled to hold several meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the forum.
The meetings will cover a number of important regional and international files, most notably the war in the Gaza Strip and ways to end it as quickly as possible, Abu Zeid said.
Morocco chairs the Arab League’s Ministerial Council, and was requested by the league to host the sixth session, the country’s Foreign Ministry said.
The forum will be held in the format of an expanded troika involving the Arab League secretary-general, the three members of the Arab Ministerial Troika, as well as the presidency of the summit. Participation will be open to ministerial delegations.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the forum being postponed since 2019.
