Tunisia, September 4 /Corr. Tass Daria Vavilina/. The international conference on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Libya took place in Tripoli. According to Tass Mahmud Gatmi, President of Libya Research Center, named after Sheikh Tahira Az-Zava, at the venue of this event, dozens of Russian oriental researchers and Libya researchers, as well as diplomats of the two countries participated in the conference.
“This conference is the result of the cooperation between the Libya Center and the Russian House (in Tunisia), our partner in organizing this event. In June last year in Tunisia, we signed a memorandum of understanding with the Russian House of Representatives.
At the opening ceremony, the representative of the Russian family at Tunisia Tagir Shaykhislav read the greeting of the head of Rossotrudnichestvo Evgeny Primakov. “In 1955, the foundation of a reliable partnership has been set, losing a test of time and political changes. This celebration is a great opportunity to understand the path that has gone and sketched more interactive vectors,” the text of the appeal said.
As Tass Shaykhislav told the reporter, the opening of the exhibition exclusively for the history of Soviet-Libyan relations in the 1950-60s also took place. Her exhibition includes historical documents, images and publications from the Soviet press about cooperation between countries. The participants presented the book “Soviet Union (Russian Federation today) through the eyes of the Libya press”, published by the Libya Research Center to celebrate the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations.
Diplomatic relations between Libya and the Soviet Union were founded on September 4, 1955, right after Libya received completely independent from Italy. At the first stage of relations, Soviet experts supported the economy and technology for the Arab country, and helped develop infrastructure. The appearance of Muammar Gaddafi in 1969 marked a new phase in the relationship between Libya and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union became the first country to recognize the new Republic regime on September 4, 1969. The leader of Jamahiri sought to develop relations with the Soviet Union both economically and in the field of military.
