University employee at the UN expert meeting in Kuwait

From July 1 to 3, 2025, an international expert meeting was held at the Kuwait Oil Company Exhibition Hall in Kuwait City, Kuwait, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) with the support of the Russian Federation. The key topic of the meeting was the protection of oil and gas infrastructure from terrorist attacks and emergency response operations.

During the official opening, the participants were welcomed by Vladimir Zheltov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Kuwait, Jassim Al-Budaiwi, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), Nasser Al-Buhairi, Director of Health, Safety and Environment of the Kuwait Oil Company, and Rashid Al-Marri, Director of the GCC Emergency Situations Center.

The expert thematic sections were opened by the report of the head of the department (basic) of international cooperation in the field of security at Gubkin University Dmitry Medvedev on the topic "International practices in the comprehensive protection of energy infrastructure".

During the themed sessions, the participants discussed current challenges in the field of protecting oil and gas infrastructure from terrorist attacks and operations to eliminate the consequences of emergency situations, and also emphasized the need to develop international cooperation and exchange of experience in this area. During the series of events, virtual exercises and training on crisis management in the event of an emergency at an oil and gas facility in the Persian Gulf countries were also held.