On 28 April, 2015 RIAC director general Andrey Kortunov had a meeting in Moscow with the Elders – former political leaders from various countries with an interest in issues of international security and strategic stability. The group, headed by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, included former president of Finland Martti Ahtisaari, former Algerian foreign minister and special representative of the UN and the Arab League for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, former prime minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland, former US president Jimmy Carter, and former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo.
On 28 April, 2015 RIAC director general Andrey Kortunov had a meeting in Moscow with the Elders – former political leaders from various countries with an interest in issues of international security and strategic stability.
The group, headed by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, included former president of Finland Martti Ahtisaari, former Algerian foreign minister and special representative of the UN and the Arab League for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, former prime minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland, former US president Jimmy Carter, and former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo.
Issues discussed at the meeting included how to resolve the Ukraine crisis, strategic stability and development in the Central Asian region, prospects for Russian-Chinese relations, the process of transformation in the Middle East, and restoring the manageability of the international political system. The foreign guests were also interested in the current socio-economic and political situation in Russia, and possible areas of strategy for modernising the country in the short and medium terms.
