On August 19, 2019, Peking University “Into Middle East” delegation visited Pushkin State Russian Language Institute. Prof. Dagilova and rectors of the institute warmly welcomed Dr. Fu Zhiming (Deputy Dean, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University; The Sultan Qaboos Chair Professor in Arabic Studies; Director of Middle East Studies Center) and Dr. Wu Bingbing (Deputy Director of Department of Arabic Language and Culture, SFL-PKU, Chair Professor of the State of Qatar Chair in Middle Eastern Studies at Peking University) and other members of the delegation.

Together they exchanged insights about the educational reforms and experience of enhancing the cross-cultural communication of students. Professor Payitova from the Institute also attended the meeting.