On July 12, 2011, The European Institute held a special meeting of the Transatlantic Roundtable on EU-U.S.-Russia Triangular Relations, with His Excellency Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, organized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Russian Federation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Minister Lavrov offered his perspective on Russia’s foreign policy within the framework of euro-atlantic relations, focusing on a wide range of key issues including, proposed missile defense systems in Europe; implications of the Arab awakening, with particular emphasis on Libya and Syria; progress of the Middle East Quartet’s efforts to restart the peace process; Russia accession to the WTO, as well as his nation’s push to diversify and modernize its economy.
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