On January 28, 2021 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Russian Federation held a joint webinar titled “Priorities of Russia — China Cooperation under New Circumstances: Results of 2020 and Prospects for 2021.”
Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004) and Zhang Hanhui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Russian Federation, delivered welcoming remarks.
On January 28, 2021 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Russian Federation held a joint webinar titled “Priorities of Russia — China Cooperation under New Circumstances: Results of 2020 and Prospects for 2021.”
Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004) and Zhang Hanhui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Russian Federation, delivered welcoming remarks.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, Alexey Maslov, Acting Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IFES RAS), RIAC Member, and Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs, spoke during the main session. Their reports focused on the role of Russia — China cooperation in the evolving world order and both states’ relations with the U.S., as well as on various aspects of the bilateral ties.
At a lively Q&A session, the experts discussed opportunities and risks for Moscow and Beijing arising from the current state of affairs in the international relations and stressed the importance of further development of trade, economic and educational cooperation. They also highlighted the need to facilitate convergence of positions over strategic issues. According to the participants, despite significant common experience that the two countries have gained since 2001, when the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation was signed, they need to continue to harmonize their agendas to stand tall against common threats.
The discussion collected distinguished experts of the field. Among them Alexey Voskresensky, Director of the Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects, MGIMO University, Andrey Karneev, Head of the School of Asian Studies, Higher School of Economics, Yury Kulintsev, Research Fellow, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Victor Larin, Head of the Center for Global and Regional Studies, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far East, RAS Far Eastern Branch, RAS Member and RIAC Member, Alexander Lomanov, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations of RAS, Sergey Luzyanin, Professor, Higher School of Economics and MGIMO University, RIAC Member, Vladimir Petrovsky, Chief Research Fellow, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies, and Sergey Sanakoev, President of the Asia Pacific Research Centre and RIAC Member.
Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Program Manager, moderated the discussion.
