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On December 11, 2015 London hosted a meeting of the Working Group for the Building Greater Europe project. The meeting discussed prospects for settling the situation in Ukraine as well as threats and challenges emanating from the Middle East. The Group also discussed plans for its work in 2016.

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On December 11, 2015 London hosted a meeting of the Working Group for the Building Greater Europe project.

The meeting discussed prospects for settling the situation in Ukraine as well as threats and challenges emanating from the Middle East. The Group also discussed plans for its work in 2016.

Russia was represented by Igor Ivanov, RIAC President and Working Group Co-Chair; Alexei Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member; Vyacheslav Trubnikov, retired Army General, Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Vice-President; Andrei Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Program Director.

The Building Greater Europe project is carried out by RIAC in partnership with the European Leadership Network (ELN), the International Strategic Research Organization (USAK), and the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). Under the project, regular meetings of the Working Group take place and joint advisory opinion statements on topical issues of international relations are published.