The ninth edition of the Scientific and International 'Primakov Expert Readings' was held on November 27-28 in Moscow on the theme 'Post Globalisation Horizons'. This year, the event was attended by 80 leading foreign experts in international security, world politics, and economics from 31 countries of the world including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Egypt, Finland, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Oman, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, Uganda, USA, Uzbekistan and others.
The International Scientific and Expert Forum Primakov Readings is an annual discussion platform for addressing problems of the world economy, politics and security attended by leading representatives of Russian and foreign research and expert-analytical centres. The Forum was first held in 2015 and named in memory of the Russian scholar and statesman Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov, former Prime Minister of Russia (1998-1999).
The conference is traditionally attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. In different years, the forum was addressed by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko and other Russian statesmen. Foreign participants of the Forum included President of Poland Aleksander Kwa niewski (1995-2005), Federal Chancellor of Austria Wolfgang Schüssel (2000-2007), NATO Secretary General Javier Solana (1995-1999) and other high-ranking international representatives. In 2017, the forum held a special session with the participation of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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