On May 26, 2008, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted an international scientific conference dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. It was organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MINISTRY OF Foreign Affairs OF THE Russian Federation. The conference was attended by leading Russian scientists-experts on Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, as well as their colleagues from Israel and Palestine - prominent representatives of scientific, political and diplomatic circles, widely known at home and abroad for their research and publications. The conference was opened by R. B. Rybakov, Director of the Institute of Information Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He highly appreciated the Israeli research carried out in the Israel Department of the Institute of International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in three years, and expressed gratitude to the Embassy of the State of Israel in the Russian Federation and Ambassador A. Azari for the active assistance provided to the research work of Russian scientists. A. Azari expressed hope for further continuation of academic contacts and scientific exchanges between Israeli and Russian scientists, noting the extreme importance of the issues discussed at the conference. A. Azari expressed her point of view on the experience of nation-building in Israel and in the Palestinian National Authority. Vice-Rector of Moscow State University(U)MOD V. P. Vorobyov spoke about the work of the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute, its cooperation with scientists from the Israel Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as about the month held at MGIMO dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. Noting the scientific significance of the p ... Read more