On October 2, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion dedicated to the situation in the Middle East. Alexander Rudakov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Lebanon; Amal Abou Zeid, Advisor to the President of Lebanon; Member of the Lebanese Parliament from the Free Patriotic Movement (2016–2018); Ruslan Mamedov, Research Director of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS; Adlan Margoev, Research Fellow, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO, participated. The event was moderated by Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.