By sharing experience
Following the trip to Saudi Arabia, the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Instagram that Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman praised Chechnya’s experience in the fight against terrorism.
"Mohammed bin Salman praised the experience of the Chechen Republic in combating terrorism, extremism and economic development", - Kadyrov quotes RIA News".
According to the head of Chechnya, which the agency cites, the Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia announced his decision to send delegations to the Chechen Republic to exchange experience. Already in September, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom will arrive in the region. In addition, a delegation led by the Saudi Minister of Religious Affairs is expected to arrive in Chechnya. This delegation intends to study the local experience in the fight against terrorism and extremism.
The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, is an important figure in the Muslim world. He plays a significant role in strengthening friendship between the Arab countries of the Middle East and Russia. Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council of the Federation Ziyad Sabsabi, answering the questions of journalists of the TV channel LifeNews, he noted that Eastern leaders understand: the word of Kadyrov can be trusted. They also understand that Russia is a reliable partner.
“The instruction of the King of Saudi Arabia to open the Kaaba for Ramzan Kadyrov’s mother says a lot. There has been no such case in the last 25 years. Such a goodwill gesture in relation to Kadyrov’s mother and the entire Chechen people in her person speaks of the great respect that Saudi Arabia treats our whole country, ”Ziyad Sabsabi said. According to him, Ramzan Kadyrov continues the policy of his father, aimed at strengthening the partnership of Russia with the countries of the Muslim world. "... Ramzan Kadyrov continues this line, which, naturally, is coordinated with the federal center, aimed at strengthening relations with those countries that with their investments can bring much benefit to our economy in the context of sanctions announced by the West," the Senator told LifeNews.
“Saudi Arabia now intends to establish relations with Russia as soon as possible, to put them on the right track, in order to further develop the partnership. The Minister of Defense and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Kadyrov about this, the senator noted. - The fact is that not only in Saudi Arabia, but also in other Arab countries, the younger generation is now taking power, and they see that Russia is in fact a reliable partner. Russia has stable principles and position, we can be trusted, unlike the United States, which could not at the last summit of the Gulf countries give guarantees of the security of their partners. Therefore, in the Arab world there is an adjustment of the foreign policy. They are not leaving America, but they also want to have a backup option in the form of Russia. ”
In the process of integration of Russia and the Arab world, Kadyrov’s role is very large, the expert believes: “The role of Ramzan Kadyrov is very important here. Let's talk as it is. Ramzan Akhmatovich is a true Muslim believer. He is a man who keeps his word and keeps promises. This fact is very important in the East, when you can not conclude an agreement on paper, but simply to be sure of what your partner said. All this will give Russia a lot. In the future, this can ensure the recovery of the country's economy as a whole and individual regions as well. In particular, we have every reason to expect Arab investments in the Chechen Republic, because our Eastern partners see what kind of relationship binds Chechnya and the federal center and how close in spirit Ramzan Kadyrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin are. ”
What do political scientists and military experts think about the upcoming visits of Saudi representatives to Chechnya?
“We know more than a dozen Arab conflicts, including the Palestinian-Israeli. They are dried, but I can not say that they are finished, - told the newspaper "Sight" Abdulla Istamulov, political scientist, advisor to the head of the administration of Kadyrov. - There is no experience of “positive” completion of the conflict. In the Chechen Republic, approaches have been found in the force variant of solving the problem - to win the battle, the battle - and the ideological component, the non-force methods of counteraction. Here we see a certain completeness of the conflict. There is a successful result. This is the only such experience in the last 10-15 years worldwide. Most likely, this gives the Saudis to see, draw conclusions and learn something. ”
The assessment of Kadyrov’s advisor to the administration is shared by the former head of the Israeli “Nativ” special services, Yakov Kedmi. “The war in Chechnya ended not only and not so much thanks to the actions of the Russian army and special services, but also thanks to the competent work of the authorities who won the support of the Chechens themselves,” he told the publication. “Similar problems exist in Saudi Arabia.”
The newspaper “Vzglyad” cites some details about the Chechen delegation’s last visit to Saudi Arabia.
Oleg Ozerov, the Russian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, told the publication that a Chechens visit to the kingdom was organized at the request of Kadyrov: “King Salman fulfilled the request of the head of Chechnya. Ramzan Akhmatovich conveyed this request through the successor to the crown prince, Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman during his stay in St. Petersburg in mid-June. Ramzan Akhmatovich asked the minister to urge the king to open the Kaaba’s doors to his mother, Aymani Nisievna, unplanned. ”
According to the ambassador, who participated in the meeting in Jeddah, it was held in a friendly atmosphere: “These are not protocol words. When there is a reception according to the royal protocol, then there are special honors. In addition, almost all of the central and Jeddian newspapers paid attention to the visit for two days. There was also a message from the official agency. ”
Recall that the sovereign fund of Saudi Arabia, Public Investment Fund (PIF), intends to invest 10 billion dollars in Russia, for which it creates a partnership with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). This was in July told the newspaper "Vedomosti" Kirill Dmitriev, the general director of the Russian Federal Pedagogical Institute.
All the others turned away from Russia, and Arab investors, on the contrary, go to Russia, a top manager of a global investment bank points out.
Direct investment in Russia for 2014 for the year amounted to 21 billion dollars, Vedomosti reports, and for the last two quarters of 2015, for the first time in many years, a net outflow was recorded (see the histogram).
“Until now, Saudi investors have been wary of us, but personal interaction between Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Salman and President Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg Forum has affected them,” says Dmitriev.
10 billion will be invested over 4-5 years, he hopes. Dmitriev notes that this is the largest partnership of foundations in the world.
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