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present conference could become a starting point for further discussions in the new con-
ditions, which are rather complex and which will remain so for the next several years.
We are counting on intellectual input from the expert community and expecting bright,
bold ideas and suggestions that, as a general rule, lead to important initiatives, which are
then developed on a governmental level. I wish everybody successful work and look for-
ward to your presentations.
Today, this conference is especially important for us, as it is taking place in totally new
geopolitical conditions. We have gathered again in Yalta, in Crimea, but this time on Russian
land.
Sergey Bazdnikin
, Deputy Director, Foreign Pol-
icy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs of the Russian Federation
ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES, first of all, I would
like to heartily welcome all the participants in our
international conference with a longish name which,
I believe, accurately reflects its agenda. The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs supports the efforts taken by the International Affairs editorial board
to organize an expert dialogue on a broad range of issues. We regard them as an important
part of the essential political expert discourse on key aspects of the international agenda.
We proceed based on the premise that close interaction between Russia's foreign policy
agency and civil society, as well as academic and expert, circles is key to success in achieving
the wide-ranging goals set by the country's leadership in ensuring favorable foreign political
conditions for the country's dynamic development, its economic modernization, and en-
hancing the quality of life and living standards of our people.
The Crimea is a special subject. I believe that Vyacheslav Leonidovich Svetlichny will have
an opportunity to speak on this in more detail, but nevertheless, I should say that the com-
bination of these two lines of discussion can lead to some interesting results, which will
certainly be significant in our practical work.
Vyacheslav Svetlichny
, Head of the Representa-
tive Office of the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
the Republic of Crimea
ALLOW ME to welcome the participants in the
Yalta meeting, which we are holding together with
the International Affairs editorial board here in
Yalta, not for the first time.