Ouagadougou: His Excellency Marat Muratov, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, received on Friday May 17, 2024 at the Kremlin headquarters in Kazan, the Director General of the Union of Press Agencies of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (UNA), His Excellency Mr. Mohammed bin Abd Rabbo Al-Yami.
During the meeting, which was held in the presence of a number of directors and representatives of member agencies, Al-Yami reviewed the Union’s plan and vision to promote the work of the media in Islamic countries and strengthen cooperation in the field of media between Russia and the Islamic world.
Al-Yami also reviewed part of the Union’s programs and forums implemented in Russia and in cooperation with Russian media institutions, emphasizing the Union’s readiness to act as a media link between Tatarstan and Islamic countries, based on Russia’s presence in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation as an observe.
Al-Yami pointed out that the union has concluded a number of memorandums of u
nderstanding with major Russian media outlets, including ‘Sputnik’ news agency, ‘TASS’ news agency, ‘Interfax’ news agency’, the ‘Russia Today’ network and the ‘Tatmedia’ agency.
For his part, the Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan praised the Union’s media initiatives and its efforts to bring together media institutions in Russia and their counterparts in OIC countries.
The meeting is part of the Federation’s participation in the work of the ‘Kazan Forum 2024’ and accompanying events and activities.
On the sidelines of the forum, the Union organized a media forum in cooperation with the Tatmedia agency, with the participation of media experts from Russia and the Islamic world.
Source: Burkina Information Agency