ASEAN Centre in MGIMO-University the MFA of Russia

April 5th, within the framework of the academic and educational program "ASEAN Academic Days 2021 at MGIMO", an online meeting was held with the Ambassador of Brunei to Russia, Haini Hashim, who gave a talk on the "Priorities of the Brunei Presidency of ASEAN in 2021".

March 22nd, in the framework of the cycle of lectures "ASEAN Academic Days 2021 at MGIMO", the Ambassador of Russia to the ASEAN A.Ivanov delivered a lecture on "Strategic ambiguity in the Asia-Pacific: roots, features and means of treatment." The Director of the ASEAN Center V.Sumsky, the Russian Ambassador to Indonesia L.Vorobieva, representatives of the ASEAN secretariat and permanent missions of the dialogue partner countries of the Association in Jakarta all participated in the event.

March 10th, the "ASEAN Academic Days 2021 at MGIMO", consisting of a new cycle of online lectures and a series of academic and educational events, began at MGIMO. The initiative, launched by the ASEAN Centre, has been running for the past two years. The first guest speaker was Marty Natalegawa, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia (2009-2014), who spoke on “ASEAN and changing regional dynamics”.

February 18th, in a hybrid format, the 18th meeting of the Executive Council of the ASEAN Centre unfolded with the Ambassador of Brunei to Russia Haini Hashim (co-chairman of the council on the ASEAN side), the Ambassador of Indonesia to Russia Jose Antonio Morato Tavares and the Ambassador of Vietnam to Russia Ngo Duc Manh attending, along with a number of diplomats from other embassies of the member countries of the Association.

On February 12, 2021 the ASEAN Centre’s Director Dr. Victor Sumsky held an online meeting with the Ambassador of Russia to the Philippines H.E. Marat Pavlov. Among the attendees were Attaché Ms. Nina Prakapovich, Associate Professor of the Department of Asian and African Studies, ASEAN Centre’s Senior Expert Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova and Centre’s Analyst Ms. Valeria Vershinina.

On February 3, 2021 the ASEAN Centre held its working meeting. Among the agenda items was the discussions of the research paper on “ASEAN as Coordinator of Political Dialogue in the Asia-Pacific Region” by HSE graduate Ms. Elena Martynova.