RIAC and Aspen Institute (Italy), in cooperation with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), continued the series of international forums. On July 13, 2021, the second Russia-EU Forum was held. The first Russia-EU Forum took place on July 9, 2020.
The second Russia-EU Forum focused on the relations between the EU countries and Russia in the light of new global challenges such as the new Atlanticism, the rise of China, energy transit, and the changing situation in the Mediterranean.
RIAC and Aspen Institute (Italy), in cooperation with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), continued the series of international forums. On July 13, 2021, the second Russia-EU Forum was held. The first Russia-EU Forum took place on July 9, 2020.
The second Russia-EU Forum focused on the relations between the EU countries and Russia in the light of new global challenges such as the new Atlanticism, the rise of China, energy transit, and the changing situation in the Mediterranean.
Opening remarks were made by Giulio Tremonti, President of Aspen Institute in Rome, and Pasquale Terracciano, Ambassador of the Italian Republic to the Russian Federation. They both noted the importance of the Forum as a step towards the development of a dialog. Marta Dassù, Senior Advisor of European Affairs at the Aspen Institute, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, spoke at the opening of the Forum.
The European side was represented by experts from think tanks and NGOs. On the Russian side, the Forum was attended by leading experts on Russia-EU and Russia-the U.S. relations, experts on climate change and the green economy, as well as on Russia-EU relations in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
The Forum participants noted that despite the existing disagreements on global challenges, there are areas of mutual interest between Russia and the EU countries where dialog is possible.
