Valdai International Discussion
Club meeting
The President took part
in the final plenary session of the 19th meeting
of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
October 27, 2022
20:55
Moscow Region
Valdai International Discussion
Club meeting
The theme of this
year's forum is A Post-Hegemonic
World: Justice and Security for Everyone.
The four day-long meeting brought together 111 experts, politicians,
diplomats and economists from Russia and 40 foreign countries,
including Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Turkiye, the United States,
and Uzbekistan, to name a few.
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Moderator of the Valdai
Club’s plenary session Fyodor Lukyanov: Good afternoon, Mr President,
We look forward to seeing you
every year, but this year, perhaps, we were more impatient than usual, since
there are lots of issues to discuss.
President of Russia Vladimir
Putin: I suppose so, yes.
Fyodor
Lukyanov: The forum mainly focused on matters related
to the international order, such as how the world is
changing and, most importantly, who, in fact, is at the helm
of the world, who runs it, and whether the world is
amenable to being run at all.
However, we are discussing this
as observers, but you have power, so please share your thoughts with us.
Vladimir Putin: Thank you
very much.
Ladies and gentlemen,
friends,
I had a chance
to get a sense of what you discussed here during the last
few days. It was an interesting and substantive discussion.
I hope you do not regret coming to Russia and communicating with
each other.
I am happy to see you
all.