Tuesday 18 July 2023 @ 16:30 CET
Conference: ‘Security of Europe 15 years after the Russian invasion of Georgia’
On Tuesday, ECR Foreign Affairs Coordinator Anna Fotyga, will host a conference focused on the security landscape of Europe 15 years after the Russian invasion of Georgia.
The event will feature special addresses from distinguished guests including, Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine 2005 - 2010; Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania 1998 - 2009; Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia 2006-2016; Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia 2004 - 2013; and Jarosław Kaczyński, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Prime Minister 2006 - 2007.
Following this, there will be a panel discussion moderated by MEP Anna Fotyga.
The event will begin at 16:30 in room SPINELLI 1G2.
The full list of participants includes:
- Anna Fotyga MEP, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland 2006-2007; Chief of the Chancellery of the President Lech Kaczyński 2007 - 2008.
- Vsevolod Chentsov, Head of The Mission of Ukraine to the European Union
- Ivars Godmanis, First Prime Minister of independent Latvia after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1990-1993), later on Minister of Finance (1998-1999) and again Prime Minister (2007-2009)
- David Kramer, Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute; Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour; Deputy Assistant Secretary State for European and Eurasian Affairs in the George W. Bush administration
- Giorgi Baramidze, Vice-Prime Minister of Georgia and State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration from 2004 - 20212
- Žygimantas Pavilionis, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania 2006 - 2009; Lithuania’s Ambassador to United States and Mexico 2012-2015; Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
- Batu Kutelia, Georgian Ambassador to The United States 2009-2011 and Deputy Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council 2011-2013
- Anatol Liabedzka, Chair of the United Civic Party; Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for constitutional reform and parliamentary cooperation
- Bernard-Henri Levy, French philosopher; journalist; witness of the Russian invasion of Georgia