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Russia and the World
Diplomats were interviewed by International Affairs' commentator Sergey Filatov.
Pogos Akopov
, president of the Association of Russian Diplo-
mats, Distinguished Worker of the Diplomatic Service, Ambas-
sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: I was lucky enough to
participate in all the conferences, starting from the first one. It
is extremely important for ambassadors, permanent represen-
tatives of our country abroad to hear his assessment of the sit-
uation in the world.
Every participant finds here something important for himself,
something related not only to his particular region but also to
the events unfolding in the world; our leadership's foreign policy line was also highlighted. At this confer-
ence, the president has clearly defined our foreign policy priority - China.
There is another point that I would like to make. This conference is of special importance for every am-
bassador, for every representative. This event offers a unique opportunity to our colleagues for communi-
cation, for the sharing of opinions and views of events, as well as on a personal, purely human level.
Russian-Chinese Relations: A Success Story
Andrei Denisov
, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten-
tiary to the Chinese People's Republic: The conference has
changed; it has become longer. So there is no need to compress
it, abridging it, cutting off possibilities for both broad and nar-
row discussions that are simply necessary, considering that this
is a unique forum where ambassadors and permanent represen-
tatives from all over the world get together.
At any rate, as a representative of an embassy in a big country
with a developed and diversified complex of relations with Rus-
sia, I am completely satisfied with the answers I have received to all of my questions, and a briefing on as-
sociated and related subjects, which, generally speaking, we diplomats need very much.
Against the backdrop of what is going on in the world, Russian-Chinese relations are in fact an example
of healthy, robust, dynamic, and stable development unencumbered by any pitfalls or any hidden agenda.
If there are success stories in our diplomacy today, one of them is the history of the development of Russ-
ian-Chinese relations.
That came through in an especially graphic way just recently, after May 20, when V.V. Putin visited China,
after the new agreements with President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders.
On the whole, there is no question of whether that kind of policy has a future or has no future. It is futile.
Because both China and Russia are countries that can hardly be influenced in any way by such political
methods.
In short, the present meeting has proved to be extremely important, including from the standpoint of its
timeliness. We were physically aware of the need to "synchronize our watches." We have succeeded in that.
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On the Sidelines of the 2014 Conference