Opening and First Session of the Valdai Club 11th Middle East Conference (in Arabic)
Session 1. Russian Agenda in the Middle East: Priorities for 2022 Russia remains a key actor in the Middle East, using the entire spectrum of its political, diplomatic and military capabilities in this part of the world. Although serious problems persist in region, the situation there is much more stable than it was five or six years ago. Moscow is gradually changing the nature of its presence, with emergency “firefighting” being replaced by systematic work to build long-term stabilization and development arrangements. Russia’s relations with a number of countries are fully consistent with the concept of “strategic partnership.” This session is devoted to the main areas of activity of Russian diplomacy and politics in the coming period. Speaker: Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Moderator: Vitaly Naumkin, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Academic Director, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Session 1. Russian Agenda in the Middle East: Priorities for 2022 Russia remains a key actor in the Middle East, using the entire spectrum of its political, diplomatic and military capabilities in this part of the world. Although serious problems persist in region, the situation there is much more stable than it was five or six years ago. Moscow is gradually changing the nature of its presence, with emergency “firefighting” being replaced by systematic work to build long-term stabilization and development arrangements. Russia’s relations with a number of countries are fully consistent with the concept of “strategic partnership.” This session is devoted to the main areas of activity of Russian diplomacy and politics in the coming period. Speaker: Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Moderator: Vitaly Naumkin, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Academic Director, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.