ASEAN Centre in MGIMO-University the MFA of Russia

Dear friends, colleagues and ASEAN Centre’s partners! Our team congratulates you on the upcoming New Year holidays! This year was tough for all of us, yet with all your support and our joint efforts many of the projects and initiatives were successfully implemented. Thank you for cooperation!

On December 21, the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brunei Darussalam to the Russian Federation H.E. Pengiran Husaini Alauddin paid a visit to the ASEAN Centre. The Director of the ASEAN Centre Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova and the Centre’s Expert Dr. Valeria Vershinina welcomed the guest.

On December 15-16, MGIMO welcomed a delegation of Malaysian business and academic community representatives. Malaysian colleagues took part in the conference dedicated to the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and Malaysia and participated in several business meetings.

On December 12-15, 2022 Samara hosted the 4th Forum on Digital Diplomacy. The Director of the ASEAN Centre, Associate Professor of Asian and African Studies Department Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova delivered a presentation during session dedicated to the issues of national identity in the virtual space.

On December 12, 2022, Dr. Paradorn Rangsimaporn, Minister-Counsellor of the Eastern Europe Division Department of European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, delivered a lecture on Russia-Thai relations in the context of Thailand’s foreign policy. This year Russia-Thai diplomatic relations celebrate the 125th anniversary. The meeting was moderated by Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, Director of the ASEAN Centre.

On October 8-16, Ms. Evgenia Zaitseva, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department of Tomsk State University, and Ms. Farida Babayeva, Assistant of the Vice-Rector for International Relations had a professional development internship in the ASEAN Centre.