Uniting Heritage for a Shared Future: The First World Public Summit: Arab World has been opened in Jordan
On November 10, 2026, Amman, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan hosted the Grand Opening of the First World Public Summit: The Arab World "Dialogue, Cultural Heritage and Partnership for a Shared Future". The event was organized by the World Peoples Assembly and the Arab Peace Group.
The summit is being held under the patronage of Chairman of the Jordanian Senate Faisal Al-Fayez from November 9 to 12, 2026. The participants of the event are united by the desire to understand how the wealth of cultures and traditions can become the basis of new partnerships that strengthen trust between peoples and work together for a shared future.
The choice of Jordan as the venue gives the summit a special meaning. The heritage of different eras, cultures and spiritual traditions of this country clearly demonstrates how closely the history of peoples is intertwined. The participants: public leaders, figures of science, education, culture, business and media, representatives of international organizations and government agencies - face the task of ensuring the continuity of these ties through modern educational, cultural, scientific and public projects.
Andrei Belyaninov, Secretary General of the World Peoples Assembly and Ali Nasser Mohamed, President of the Arab Peace Group addressed the participants of the opening ceremony. They stressed their common interest in developing direct cooperation between public organizations and professional communities in the Arab world with partners from other regions.
For the World Peoples Assembly, the starting point of such cooperation is a person: his dignity, the right to a happy life, the opportunity to preserve his native language and culture, receive high-quality knowledge, raise children in peace and actively participate in the life of his community. These guidelines define the meaning of international initiatives and help to evaluate their results through benefits for people.
Shared values are the basis of conscious unity. The summit's program puts this idea into practice: participants will have to determine what specific initiatives they are willing to support together, what knowledge and experience to share, and what responsibility to assume.
The opening ceremony was attended by Chairman of the Assembly of Ayans - Senate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Faisal al-Fayez, Assistant Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Head of the Department for Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Fayed Mustafa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Jordan Gleb Desyatnikov and cosmonaut Hero of Russia Oleg Skripochka.
The participation of representatives of government institutions, international organizations, and public associations has created a space for conversation from different perspectives. Diplomacy, science, culture and public activities have their own opportunities to strengthen international relations. The Public Summit allows you to combine this experience around tasks that require joint participation.
Oleg Skripochka's participation gave a special perspective to the conversation about the common future. The experience of the space crew, where the well-being of all depends on the knowledge, responsibility and actions of everyone, is close to the very idea of meeting in Amman. Trust is strengthened where people know how to work together and be responsible for each other.
One of the central topics of the public summit is the preservation of cultural and spiritual heritage. It lives on in historical monuments, language, knowledge, family traditions, art, and the experience of mutual assistance. Its continuation depends on what the next generations want to learn, preserve and pass on.
How to maintain this continuity, engage young people and create conditions for respectful acquaintance with other cultures, what joint projects will help local communities preserve traditions and open up new opportunities for development, link the cultural agenda with education, tourism and public diplomacy, and will be the subject of further discussions.
After the ceremony, the work continued at the Main Plenary Session "The Arab World: Uniting heritage and the future." It set the direction for discussion about the role of the Arab World in international public dialogue, shared values and new models of partnership between the regions.
The participants will have thematic sessions, project presentations and working meetings ahead. The agenda includes education and science, culture and tourism, family and youth, women's leadership, the economy of trust, media responsibility and the use of artificial intelligence.
Behind each topic is an opportunity to find people willing to work together. The meeting in Amman should be continued by joint programs, professional exchanges and initiatives that residents of different countries can benefit from. The first step to this is a personal acquaintance, a meaningful conversation, and an agreement followed by action.
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