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Lavrov Opens Valdai Club Conference on Middle East

09:08 GMT 09.02.2026 (Updated: 09:13 GMT 09.02.2026)

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The Valdai Discussion Club will host the 15th Middle East Conference on February 9-10.

The conference theme is entitled: “Continuity and Novelty: The Middle East Amid a Collapsed World Order.”

The event will bring together over 50 Russian and foreign experts and political figures from 16 countries, and those particiapting include Algeria, the UK, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, the Netherlands, the UAE, Pakistan, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, India, China, Greece, Israel, and Turkiye.

The Valdai Discussion Club is a forum and think tank founded in 2004 for global policymakers and experts to discuss international relations and critical world issues.

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