Dr. Ahmed A. Gaeis, Assiut University President, stated that the first Assiut University students' delegation of the summer of 2017 has arrived in Russia. This delegation is the ninth delegation throughout the past years within the agreements signed between Assiut University and the Russian Universities of Pyatigorsk and Dagestan. The agreements have been in effect for the past twenty years and have encouraged students exchange visits. Dr. Gaeis added that Assiut University has regularly received Russian students' delegations who come for the purpose of studying Arabic language and Islamic culture.