The Russian Security Policy in the Euro-Asian Area

 The Royal Institute for International Relations
and the Russian Embassy in Brussels

Conference
11 May 2006, Brussels


General Y. Baluievsky, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, will be the keynote speaker and will provide a general overview on Russia's Security Policy in the Euro-Asian geographic area.

The EU and Russia have an interest in their neighbourhood to become more stable and prosperous, forecasting an intensified cooperation between both. This cooperation relates to political stability, lasting security and economic prosperity in the whole region. Furthermore the EU-Russia relations will become progressively more important to influence the future development of the region.

PROGRAMME
             Welcoming address by Ambassador Claude Misson, Director General, IRRI-KIIB
09.30    Address by General Baluievsky: his speech & ppt-presentation:
            "The Russian Security Policy in the Euro-Asian Area"

11.00    Panel
Chair: Ambassador Pierre Champenois, SPF Foreign Affairs, OSCE Presidency
- Doctor Evgueni M. Kozokhin, Director of the Russia's Institute for Strategic Studies: his ppt-presentation.
- Doctor Fedor A. Lukyanov, Chief Editor of the review "Russia in Global Affairs": his presentation.
- Ms. Isabelle Facon, Chargée de recherche à la Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris.
- Mr. Carl Hallergärd, Directorate General for External and Politico-Military Affairs - Council of the European Union: Summary of his speech.
12.00      Debate