On May 6, 2020, Andrey
Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had an online meeting with the staff of the
French Embassy in Moscow headed by Ambassador Pierre Levy
On May 6, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had an online meeting with the staff of the French Embassy in Moscow headed by Ambassador Pierre Levy.
The following issues were discussed during the meeting: the problems in Russia-Europe and Russia-France relations in the face of the pandemic and economic crisis, the prospects for maintaining strategic arms control and the non-proliferation regime of nuclear weapons, the possibility of preventing the breakdown of the multilateral agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (JCPOA), and the latest trends in the development of the military and political situation in Syria.
French diplomats were informed about the current RIAC priorities and plans for the near future.