ASEAN Centre in MGIMO-University the MFA of Russia

July 8th, MGIMO Rector A.Torkunov received the Ambassador of Indonesia to Russia, Mohamad Wahid Supriyadi, who has completed his mission and will shortly be returning to his homeland.

This year the ASEAN Centre celebrates its 10th Anniversary. It was established in 2010 in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and MGIMO University signed by the then ASEAN Secretary General Dr. Surin Pitsuvan and Academician Anatoly Torkunov, the Rector of MGIMO.

On June 16 the MGIMO Rector Prof. Anatoly Torkunov welcomed the Ambassador of the Lao People's Democratic Republic to the Russian Federation H.E. Sivienghet Phetvorasak.

This article by Dr. Victor Sumsky is one in a series of regional commentaries commissioned by the Australian Committee of CSCAP and initially published on Asialink Insights (University of Melbourne).

On May 14th the ASEAN Centre held the webinar focused on the epidemiological situation in Southeast Asia, ASEAN responses to COVID-19 and perspectives of the region in the post-COVID-19 period.

In June 2019 ASEAN Centre in cooperation with the ASEAN Moscow Committee conducted the ASEAN-Russia Video Contest 2019. One of the 1st place winners is Mr. Khant Khine, student of the Myanmar Institute of Information and Technology.