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LMC 2007

The Wider Middle East – Opportunities and Implications for Europe

Middle East

Speakers

Jüri Luik

Estonian Ambassador to NATO

Marc Otte

Diplomat

Gideon Lichfield

Correspondent and Editor

Moderator

Riina Kionka
Riina Kionka

Chief Foreign Policy Adviser to European Council President Donald Tusk

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An Action Plan for the West – Challenges, Opportunities, Solutions
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