It is necessary to study the intentions of the major players in the region – Valdai Club member
The visiting session of Valdai Discussion Club titled “Time of Change: The World in an Era of Global Unpredictability” has kicked off in Yerevan.
“Eurasian is a serious region, which faces rapid changes, that could change the world arrangement,” member of Valdai Club Andrey Bystritskiy said at the beginning of the event.
In his words, their goal is to ensure stability and development in the region, for the purpose of which it is necessary to study the intentions of the major players in the region.
“Otherwise we cannot control the situation [in the Eurasian region],” Andrey Bystritskiy said.
To note, the visiting session titled “Time of Change: The World in an Era of Global Unpredictability” will be attended by the club experts, as well as Armenian specialists, who will express their views.
Participants in the session include: Vache Gabrielyan, Armenian Vice Premier, Minister of International Economic Integration and Reform, Vigen Sargsyan, Armenian Defense Minister, Aleksandr Khachaturyan, Aide to the Prime Minister of Armenia, Executive Director of the Centre of Strategic Initiatives, Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, Fyodor Lukyanov, Academic Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, Vitaly Naumkin, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Anatoly Torkunov, Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO-University), Nikolai Zlobin, President of the Washington-based Center on Global Interests, Alexander Rahr, Research Director of the German-Russian Forum, Yaroslav Lissovolik, Chief Economist with the Eurasian Development Bank, Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, and others.