Coinciding with the acceleration of political, security and military events and developments between Russia and Ukraine, and in order to listen to different points of view, shed light on the overall events there, and inform Iraqi public opinion and the political and academic elites about them.

Rewaq Baghdad Center for Public Policy held a panel discussion during which it hosted His Excellency the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Baghdad, Mr. Elbrus Kutrashev.

In addition to a group of academics, politicians and those interested in this matter

Where His Excellency the Ambassador reviewed the latest developments and directions of Russian policy in dealing with the current crisis and his country’s government’s desire to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. He also touched on the issue and situation in the Middle East region in general and Iraq in particular, indicating that his country’s government supports establishing stability in Iraq, overcoming its crises and building A strong political and economic partnership with him,

At the conclusion of the discussion session, His Excellency the Ambassador appreciated the role of the Rwaq Center and its initiatives in holding seminars, conferences and discussion panels and shedding light on important global events by hosting elites, listening to their observations and opinions, and knowing the nature of their interest in what is happening internationally and regionally and the extent of its repercussions on the Iraqi interior.