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How to Lower the Temperature in the Middle East

January 23, 2025
13:15–14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

There is a delicate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, a political changeover in Syria and continued tensions in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa. At the same time, the Middle East finds itself caught in between the geoeconomic competition of superpowers. What does the path to peace, security and cooperation look like in the region? This session was developed in collaboration with CNN...
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Speakers

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Varsen Aghabekian
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority
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Rebecca Anderson
Managing Editor; Anchor, Connect The World CNN
CNN International
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Jean-Noël Barrot
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France
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Asaad Hasan AlShaibani
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria
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Fuad Hussein
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq
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Ayman Al Safadi
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan

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