Round Table on Russian-Turkish Relations organized with the Diplomacy Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

April 17, 2014 Moscow

Within the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Diplomacy Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey and the Diplomacy Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation signed in 2012, a round table on Russian-Turkish Relations was held at the Russian Diplomatic Academy on 17th April 2014. Director of Diplomacy Academy Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mesut Özcan participated in the event accompanied by SAM Director Prof. Dr. Ali Resul Usul and Third-Secretary Serkan Erdal.

After the opening remarks of Prof. Dr. E. Bajanov, Director of Russian Diplomatic Academy and Ambassador Aydın Sezgin, Turkish Ambassador in Moscow, the roundtable continued with speeches by Prof. Özcan on Regional Reconstruction of Turkish Foreign Policy, Politology and Political Philosophy Chair of the Russian Diplomatic Academy Oleg P. Ivanov on Russia-Turkey and NATO, Prof. Mesut Hakkı Caşın from Yeditepe University on New Horizons in Turkish-Russian Relations: Historical Opportunities and Competitive Cooperation, Director of Strategic Research Center Prof. Dr. Ali Resul Usul on Changing Global Poitical Dynamics and the Future of Turkish-EU Relations, phD Student N.S. Belyakova on the Role of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization in Turkish-Russian Relations.

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