Dr. Nizar bin Obeid Madani, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and President of Tatarstan Mintimer Sharipovich tonight co-opened the fourth meeting for the Forum of the Strategic Vision Group: Russia and the Islamic World, organized by the Foreign Ministry under the title "King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Initiative for Dialogue among followers of faiths and cultures, a new perspective to international relations". In a key speech, Madani dealt with the expected outcome of the initiative to which the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has called for last July in the Spanish capital of Madrid. He said the initiative was well-timed amid spreading violence and rejection of others in a war-and-conflict-stricken world. He said the Kingdom's policy was based on communicating and on quelling tensions among religion followers on one hand and improving the profile of Islam on the other and recognizing peaceful co-existence in a world of peace and understanding.
