On March 22, 2016 Benjamin Purser and John Rader, both Professional Staff Members of Foreign Relations Committee at United States Senate, as well as Karl McNamara, Representative of the Political Section of the US Embassy in Russia, paid a visit to the Russian International Affairs Council.
On March 22, 2016 Benjamin Purser and John Rader, both Professional Staff Members of Foreign Relations Committee at United States Senate, as well as Karl McNamara, Representative of the Political Section of the US Embassy in Russia, paid a visit to the Russian International Affairs Council.
The issues discusses at the meeting with RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov covered various aspects of Russian-American relations, namely Russian-American cooperation in the Arctic and the future of the Arctic Council, in the first pace; global and regional security problems; the role of the US Congress in shaping US policy toward Russia.
The Russian participants briefed the American guests on the projects of the Russian International Affairs Council in the American direction.
