August 16, 2023 Meeting with the President of the International Center for Strategic Security and Military Studies of Tunisia Badra Gaaloul

On August 16, 2023, at the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a meeting was held with the President of the International Center for Strategic Security and Military Studies (Centre International des Etudes Stratégiques Sécuritaires et Militaires) of Tunisia Badra Gaaloul. The meeting was attended by the Head of the Centre for the Study of the Russian-African Relations and African States' Foreign Policy of the IAfr RAS, Senior Research Fellow, Ph.D. in Ecomonis Sergey Volkov. and Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for the Study of the Russian-African Relations and African States' Foreign Policy of the Institute of African Affairs of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Nenashev. The meeting was also attended by members of the Young Scholars Council of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (YSC IAfr RAS) - Deputy Chairman of the YSC IAfr RAS, Research Fellow Andrey Barinov and Junior Research Fellow Tamara Andreeva.

During the meeting, the participants exchanged views on transport problems in Africa, in particular Northern Africa, and discussed the prospects of Tunisia as a potential hub for Russian civil transport. In addition, during the discussion, the topics of security problems in North Africa were touched upon.

The meeting participants also discussed the results of the Second Economic and Humanitarian Forum Russia – Africa and the prospects for cooperation between the International Center for Strategic Security and the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.