Irkutsk Hosts Greater Eurasian Partnership and Belt and Road Initiative Conference
Short version
On September 21–22, Irkutsk hosted a conference «Greater Eurasian Partnership and Belt and Road Initiative: points of convergence and contact». The event was organized by a publication project «The Eurasian Illustrated Review» (Evraziyskoye Obozreniye)
During the two working days, leading Russian, Mongolian, Chinese, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz experts, diplomats and journalists were discussing the implementation and integration of Greater Eurasia and the Belt and Road initiatives, the prospects for «Russia-Mongolia-China» economic corridor, the opportunities for cooperation in tourism in the context of the Tea Route, as well as the role and position of the Baikal-Amur region of Asia in Eurasian infrastructure projects.
Full version
On September 21–22, Irkutsk hosted a conference «Greater Eurasian Partnership and Belt and Road Initiative: points of convergence and contact». The event was organized by a publication project «The Eurasian Illustrated Review» (Evraziyskoye Obozreniye)
During the two working days, leading Russian, Mongolian, Chinese, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz experts, diplomats and journalists were discussing the implementation and integration of Greater Eurasia and the Belt and Road initiatives, the prospects for «Russia-Mongolia-China» economic corridor, the opportunities for cooperation in tourism in the context of the Tea Route, as well as the role and position of the Baikal-Amur region of Asia in Eurasian infrastructure projects.
A.K. Tulokhonov, Academician of RAS Siberian Branch, Scientific Leader at Baikal Institute of Nature Management of RAS Siberian Branch; Cao Yunlong, China’s Consul General in Irkutsk; S. Banzragch, Mongolian Consul General in Irkutsk; Yuri Tavrovsky, Professor of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia; and D. Jargalsaikhan, political scientist and journalist; made reports at the Conference. V.V. Berezhnykh, «Eurasian Review» publication project editor-in-chief, moderated the event. Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Program Coordinator, represented Russian International Affairs Council at the event.