ASEAN Centre in MGIMO-University the MFA of Russia

The ASEAN Centre presents its brochure dedicated to the 55th ASEAN anniversary. The brochure summarizes the main outcomes of the Centre’s activities in 2022 and illustrates the review of the events, which took place during the past year.

On February 27, 2023 Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, Director of the ASEAN Centre in MGIMO participated in the Vietnamese VTV4 News Program. She commented on the rising international investments in Vietnam, including Taiwanese Foxconn’s plans to expand production in Vietnam.

On February 21, Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, Director of the ASEAN Center gave a lecture on modern socio-cultural trends in the ASEAN countries as part of the Softlanding Skolkovo program.

On February 17, the School of Regional and International Studies of the Far Eastern Federal University held a roundtable on the problems and prospects of the Russian-Myanmar relations. The event was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The roundtable was attended by Dr. Ksenia Efremova, Associate Professor of the Department of Asian and African Studies and Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, Director of the ASEAN Centre.

The 20th Meeting of the ASEAN Centre Executive Board was held on February 15, 2023. Among the participants of the meeting were H.E. Jose Antonio Morato Tavares, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Russian Federation Co-Chair of the Board, H.E. Pg.Husaini Alauddin, Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam to the Russian Federation, H.E. Igor Bailen, Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the Russian Federation, along with a number of diplomats from other ASEAN embassies.

On February 14, 2023 MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov met with a group of MA students-representatives of the ASEAN countries.