Murmansk
On 22nd of May the Rally reached the city of Murmansk, situated in the Northern Russia. The participants of the Rally were welcomed by Olga Buch, a vice-rector of Murmansk State Technical University, who briefed the guests on the work that is going on in the University, including a special re-training program for retired Northern fleet personnel, which is maintained since 2001 due to the support of Norwegian government.
The conference “NATO-Russia Council: from bilateral to multilateral cooperation” that has been held in the University started with a welcoming message by Sergey Subbotin, Head of Department in the Administration of Murmanskaya oblast (region), who has read out greetings from the region’s governor Yuri Yevdokimov to the participants of the Rally. The following speeches were given by Olga Buch, vice-rector of the University and Isabelle Francois, Head of the NATO Information Office in Moscow and Kjetil Skogrand, Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway.
The conference’s first panel “Regional Security Challenges and International Responses” included speeches by Hector Cowan, Consul of Canada in Saint Petersburg, Vladimir Muzychenko, representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Subbotin, Head of Department in the regional Administration, Benedikt Jonsson, Ambassador of Iceland to Russia, and Igor Slobodnik, Permanent Representative of Slovakia in NATO.
The second panel “Future Perspectives for Regional and International Cooperation in the Baltic Sea and Arctic Regions” concentrated on issues of nuclear security, ecology and treatment of outdated military submarines. Guy Roberts, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Policy on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Roger Jorgensen, representative of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Michael Washer, Senior Program Manager in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and Vice-Admiral Ferdinando Sanfelice di Monteforte, Italian Military Representative in NATO presented their views on the topic.
The conference “NATO-Russia Council: from bilateral to multilateral cooperation” that has been held in the University started with a welcoming message by Sergey Subbotin, Head of Department in the Administration of Murmanskaya oblast (region), who has read out greetings from the region’s governor Yuri Yevdokimov to the participants of the Rally. The following speeches were given by Olga Buch, vice-rector of the University and Isabelle Francois, Head of the NATO Information Office in Moscow and Kjetil Skogrand, Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway.
The conference’s first panel “Regional Security Challenges and International Responses” included speeches by Hector Cowan, Consul of Canada in Saint Petersburg, Vladimir Muzychenko, representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Subbotin, Head of Department in the regional Administration, Benedikt Jonsson, Ambassador of Iceland to Russia, and Igor Slobodnik, Permanent Representative of Slovakia in NATO.
The second panel “Future Perspectives for Regional and International Cooperation in the Baltic Sea and Arctic Regions” concentrated on issues of nuclear security, ecology and treatment of outdated military submarines. Guy Roberts, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Policy on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Roger Jorgensen, representative of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Michael Washer, Senior Program Manager in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and Vice-Admiral Ferdinando Sanfelice di Monteforte, Italian Military Representative in NATO presented their views on the topic.
An Icelandic movie “The Children of Nature” has been shown to participants of the Rally. The evening reception has been organized by the Consulate of Norway.
Here you may find some photos from the event.
posted by Sergey at 11:37 PM
2 Comments:
Thank you for such interesting event in Murmansk!
It was really interesting but I have some ideas about organisation process. Are you going to use some surveys to get feedback from attendants? I think they can tell you much useful information.
And it's really would be great to spare more time in discussions. Students and other people in Russia have many questions and opinions. I think it's right way and place to show it.
Thank again for event
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