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- Position : Consultant, "Global & Regional Security: New ideas for Russia" Program
- Affiliation : PIR Center
- Affiliation : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Plenipotentiary Representative, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to FAO and other UN Agencies
- Position : Executive Board member, Honorary Member of the Trialogue Club International
- Affiliation : Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Extended Meeting of PIR Center Advisory Board - International Seminar “How should Russia and NATO cooperate on Afghanistan in 2014 and beyond?” 12.12.2013
PIR Center’s Extended Advisory Board meeting – international seminar, organized with support of the NATO Information Office in Moscow
HOW SHOULD RUSSIA AND NATO COOPERATE ON AFGHANISTAN IN 2014 AND BEYOND?
Moscow, December 12, 2013
Draft agenda as of December 3, 2013
11.30 – 12.00
| Registration of the participants |
12.00 – 12.20
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Opening Remarks |
- Vladimir A.ORLOV, President, PIR Center (speech text in Russian)
- Robert PSZCZEL, Director, NATO Information Office in Moscow
12.20 – 14.00
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Panel discussion 1 – Afghanistan: Assessing Current Situation, Achievements and Prospects |
Moderator: Vadim B. KOZYULIN, Senior Research Fellow,PIR Center
PRESENTATIONS (12.20 – 13.20)
- Albert P. KHOREV, Acting Head of Afghanistan Section, Second Asia Department, Russian Foreign Ministry
- Nicholas WILLIAMS, Head, Operations Section Afghanistan, Operations Division, NATO HQ
- Hekmat Khalil KARZAI, Founding Director of the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS)
- Elena V. SUPONINA, Head of Asia and Middle East Center of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (speech text in Russian)
DISCUSSION (13.20 – 14.00)
14.00 – 15.00
| Lunch |
15.00 – 16.45
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Panel discussion 2 – Prospects of International Cooperation on Afghanistan and Security in the Region |
Moderator: Vyacheslav I. TRUBNIKOV, Directorate Member, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), Member of the Advisory Board,PIR Center
PRESENTATIONS (15.00 -16.00)
- Kirill BARSKY, Russian President's Special Envoy to Shanghai Cooperation Organization
- Vygaudas UŠACKAS, Head of the EU Delegation to Russia (European Union's special envoy for Afghanistan in 2010 – 2013)
- Dmitry V. ZAPOROZHETS, Deputy Chief, First Directorate, Main Directorate of Foreign Military Cooperation, Russian Defense Ministry
- Daniël KOOIJ, Rule of Law Advisor to the Netherlands Integrated Police Training Mission in Kunduz, First Secretary Netherlands Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, April – September 2013 (presentation)
DISCUSSION (16.00 – 16.45)
16.45 – 17.15
| Coffee break |
17.15 – 18.45
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Panel discussion 3 – Russia and NATO in Afghanistan: experience, potential, challenges and expectations |
Moderator: Evgeny P. BUZHINSKY, Senior Vice President, PIR Center
PRESENTATIONS (17.15 – 18.15)
- Nicholas WILLIAMS, Head, Operations Section Afghanistan, Operations Division, NATO HQ
- Viktor L. VASILYEV, Ambassador-at-large of the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian Federation to the Collective Security Treaty Organization
- Victor G. KORGUN, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies (speech text in Russian)
DISCUSSION (18.15 – 18.45)
18.45 – 19.00
| Closing Remarks |
- Robert PSZCZEL, Director, NATO Information Office in Moscow
- Vadim B. KOZYULIN, Senior Research Fellow, PIR Center
19.15 – 21.00
| Reception |
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