IV BELGRADE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE

 

“TWENTY YEARS FROM BOMBING OF YUGOSLAVIA

– LESSONS FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY IN 21 CENTURY”

 

Metropol Hotel, Belgrade

(Ivo Andric Ballroom)

Monday, 18 March 2019

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10:00-11:00    Registration

 

11:00-11:30    Conference opening

FILM ON BOMBING OF YUGOSLAVIA

OPENING SPEECH – Aleksandar Vucic, President of the Republic of Serbia

SPECIAL GUEST – Andrei Turchak, Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council and Secretary of the United Russia Party General Council

 

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11:30-12:45    Panel 1:

BOMBING OF YUGOSLAVIA – HUMANITARIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION OR AGGRESSION?

Panelists:

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Wolfgang Petrich, Austria, diplomat

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E.A. Primakov, Russia, member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Serbia

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Dimitrios Droutsas, Greece, former Foreign Minister of Greece, MEP

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Friedhelm Frischenschlager, Austria, Secretary General of the Union of European  Federalists, Brussels

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Moderator: Nemanja Starovic, Serbia, BSD Foundation

 

 

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12:45-13:30    Lunch break and press statements

 

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13:30-14:45    Panel 2:

CONTEMPORARY EVALUATION OF EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN MARCH 1999 AND CONSEQUENCES IN THE LAST 20 YEARS

 

Panelists:

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A.A.Gromyko, Russia, Chairman of the Expert Group of International Activities Commission of the General Council Presidium of United Russia Party

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Andrejs Mamikins, Latvia, MEP

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Rumen Petkov, Bulgaria, Chairman of ABV party

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Prof. Dr. Raphael Israeli, Israel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Vladislav Jovanovic, Serbia, former ambassador in FRY in UN (1995-2000)

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Ljiljana Smajlovic, Serbia, journalist and publicist

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Moderator: Prof. Dr Dragan Simic, Serbia, Dean of the Faculty of Political sciences, University of Belgrade;

 

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14:45-16:00    Panel 3: 

PROBLEMS OF ENSURING THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-INTERFERENCE IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND TERRITORIAL WHOLENESS OF SOVEREIGN STATES

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Panelists:

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Alexei Kondratyev, Russia, Member of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture

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Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, France, MEP

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Vahe Enfiajyan, Armenia, Deputy of the National Assembly

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Prof. dr Hans Koehler, Austria, University of Innsbruck, professor emeritus

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Nikolay Malinov, Bulgaria, Chairman of National Movement Russophils

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Miroslav Lazanski, Serbia, MP, journalist

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Moderator: Prof. dr Dragan Djukanovic, Serbia, professor at the Faculty of political sciences, University of Belgrade

 

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16:00-16:15    Coffee break and press statements

 

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16:15-17:30   Panel 4:

LESSONS OF THE EVENTS OF 1999 FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY IN 21 CENTURY

Panelists:

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A.A.Klimov, Russia, Deputy Secretary of the General Council on International Affairs, Chairman of the International Activities Commission of the General Council Presidium of United Russia Party

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Dragutin Matanović, Serbia, Advisor to the President of Republic of Serbia

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Yana Toom, Estonia, MEP

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Plamena Zayachka, Bulgaria, Head of the Youth Wing of ABV party

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Sonja Liht, Serbia, President of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence

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Ana Trišić Babić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Advisor to a member of the Presidency for Foreign affairs

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Christina Verschutz, Austria, journalist

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Moderator: Prof. dr Misa Djurkovic, Serbia, Institute of European Studies

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17:30               Adoption of the final conference document

 

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17:30-18:30    Cocktail and press statements

 

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16:45-17:30   MEETING OF THE TEAM FOR DRAFTING THE FINAL CONFERENCE DOCUMENT  

(Nikola Tesla A Ballroom)

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Chairman: Nemanja Starovic, Serbia, BSD Foundation  

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Co-Cairman: A.V. Fomenko, Russia, United Russia Party

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Georgi Pirinski, Bulgaria, MEP

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Tamara Jakovljevic, Serbia, BSD Foundation

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Dejan Erakovic, Serbia, BSD Foundation