Meeting with Director General for Political Affairs at FCO Richard Moore Addresses Russia and UK Positions in Conflict Situations in the Middle East
Short version
On December 18, 2019, at the residence of the British Ambassador to Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Irina Zvyagelskaya, RIAC expert, Senior Researcher at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, had a meeting with Richard Moore, Director General for Political Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, visiting Moscow to participate in the negotiations of the representatives of the European three with Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, on the issues of maintaining the JCPOA, agreements on Iran’s nuclear program.
Full version
On December 18, 2019, at the residence of the British Ambassador to Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Irina Zvyagelskaya, RIAC expert, Senior Researcher at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, had a meeting with Richard Moore, Director General for Political Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, visiting Moscow to participate in the negotiations of the representatives of the European three with Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, on the issues of maintaining the JCPOA, agreements on Iran’s nuclear program.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Embassy in Moscow. During the meeting the parties discussed the following issues: Russian and British positions in conflict situations in the Middle East and North Africa and the possibilities of constructive interaction between Russia and the West in Syria, Libya, and the Persian Gulf. The meeting was moderated by Laurie Bristow, British Ambassador to Russia.