Arab League–Russia relations

Russian-Arab relations

Russia	Arab League

Russia–Arab League relations include various contacts between the Russian Federation and the multi-state Arab organization. The Russian Federation maintains various contacts with the Arab League and plays a mediating role in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Russian-Arab Business Council[]

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in the Arab League Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

The Russian-Arab Business Council is an organization that develops the trade and economic relations between Russia and the Arab countries and provides assistance in establishing business contacts between businessmen. It has already established a Russia-based TV station called Rusiya al Youm (Arabic: روسيا اليوم) meaning Russia Today, in Arabic. It is the first Russian station to be aired in the Arabic language.

Comparison[]

	Arab League	Russia
Population	407,251,880 (2018)	146,793,744 (2018)
Area	13,953,041 km² (5,382,910 sq mi)	17,075,400 km² (6,592,800 sq mi)
Population density	24.33/km² (63/sq mi)	8.3/km² (21.5/sq mi)
Capital	Cairo	Moscow
Largest city	Cairo – 19,500,000 (20,439,541 Metro)	Moscow – 10,126,424
Organization and type of government	Regional organisation and political union	Federal semi-presidential republic
Official languages	Arabic	Russian
Main religions	91% Islam, 5.8% Christianity, 4% others	73% Russian Orthodoxy, 13% Agnostic, 14% Islam
GDP (nominal)	$2.821 trillion ($11,914 per capita)	$1.610 trillion ($11,082 per capita)

See also[]

• Soviet Union and the Arab–Israeli conflict
• The Soviet Union and the Iran-Iraq War
• Russia and the Arab–Israeli conflict

External links[]

• Russian-Arab Business Council
• Russia and the Arab world