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The meeting, held at the headquarters of the rectorate, took place in the presence of the Rector of the University of Algiers 1 Ben Youssef Ben Khadda, Fares Mokhtari, the same source said.

“The Russian delegation's representative thanked the Rector of Djamaa El-Djazair for facilitating this meeting and exploring ways to enhance academic and cultural cooperation between Algeria and Russia,” the statement added.

Nikolaevich discussed “the prospects of cooperation and knowledge exchange, particularly the teaching of the Arabic language at the North Caucasus University.”

In this regard, he proposed that Djamaa El-Djazair help teach Arabic at the North Caucasus University.

For his part, the Rector of Djamaa El-Djazair commended the efforts of the North Caucasus University to revive this cooperation.

He said that this project would “contribute to the promotion of the Arabic language as a language of knowledge.”

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