THE BLACK SEA: CONFRONTATION OR COOPERATION?
VARNA FORUM 2.0: THINKING TOGETHER
Friday, May 12 to Sunday, May 14, 2017
Bulgaria, Varna, Hotel Imperial
List of participants
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Name |
Organization/Function |
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Armenia |
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Styopa Safaryan |
Founder, Armenian Institute of International and Foreign Affairs |
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Beniamin Poghosyan |
Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia |
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Austria |
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Georg Krauchenberg |
Managing Director, Institute for the Danube Region |
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Azerbaijan |
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Tural Usubov |
Political Officer, Embassy of Azerbaijan to Bulgaria |
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Zulfiya Alizada |
Economic Officer, Embassy of Azerbaijan to Bulgaria |
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Bulgaria |
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Georgi Pirinski |
MEP, Programme Director of the Solidarity Society Foundation, Former Foreign Minister |
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Lyubomir Kyuchukov |
Director of the Economics and International Relations Institute, Former Deputy Foreign Minister |
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Kristian Vigenin |
MP, Former Foreign Minister |
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Ivaylo Kalfin |
Special Adviser in the European Commission, Former MEP, Former Foreign Minister |
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Marusya Lyubcheva |
Director, Black Sea Institute Association, Former MEP |
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Milen Dimitrov |
Chair of the Board, Black Sea Institute Association |
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Petar Kirov |
Chief Secretary, Maritime Administration |
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Valentin Radomirski |
Ambassador (ret.), CEO, Economics and International Relations Institute |
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Radoslav Deyanov |
Minister-Plenipotentiary (ret.), Expert (PhD), RAD Consulting, Economics and International Relations Institute |
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Georgia |
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Eka Akobia |
Research Fellow, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies |
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Germany |
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Nils Schmid |
Member of the Parliament of Baden‑Württemberg, Head of SPD Group, Former Deputy Prime-Minister of Baden‑Württemberg |
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Reihnhard Krumm |
Head, Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (ROCPE), Vienna, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
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United Kingdom |
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Neil MacFarlane |
Professor, Oxford University |
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Greece |
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Dimitrios Triantaphyllou |
Director-General, International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS), Athens; Assistant Professor of International Relations, Kadir Has University, Istanbul |
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Moldova |
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Marian Lupu |
Member of Parliament, Former Speaker of Parliament |
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Andrian Buligari |
Adviser in Parliament |
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Vladislav Kulminski |
Executive Director, Institute for Strategic Initiatives |
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Romania |
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Sergiu Celac |
Senior Adviser, National Centre for Sustainable Development, Former Foreign Minister |
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Russia |
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Diana Ayvazyan |
Research Associate, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
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Turkey |
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Turabi Kayan |
Member of Parliament, Republican People’s Party (CHP) |
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Ukraine |
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Sergiy Korsunsky |
Ambassador-at-Large |
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Hanna Shelest |
Member of the Board, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” |
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European Commission |
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Svetoslav Stoyanov |
Policy Officer, DG MARE |
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European Parliament |
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Maria Grapini |
MEP, S&D, Romania |
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Tatjana Zdanoka |
MEP, Greens, Latvia |
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Yulia Satirova |
Parliamentary assistant |
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International organizations |
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Michael Christides |
Secretary-General, Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) |
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Stavros Kalognomos |
Policy Officer, Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) |
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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
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Regine Schubert |
Director, Bulgaria Office |
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Pentcho Houbtchev |
Programme Coordinator, Bulgaria Office |