On August 18, 2021, Singapore Embassy in Russia hosted a meeting that brought together Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club; Vasily Kashin, RIAC Member, Deputy Director Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), Higher School of Economics; Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Vitaly Naumkin, RIAC member, Academic Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; and a group of foreign ambassadors and senior diplomats, to discuss issues related to the situation in and around Afghanistan.
On August 18, 2021, Singapore Embassy in Russia hosted a meeting that brought together Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club; Vasily Kashin, RIAC Member, Deputy Director Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), Higher School of Economics; Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Vitaly Naumkin, RIAC member, Academic Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; and a group of foreign ambassadors and senior diplomats, to discuss issues related to the situation in and around Afghanistan.
The meeting was chaired by Premjith Sadasivan, Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to Russia.