The first Defense and Security section meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, to be held in Moscow on May 25-27, will focus on the modernization of Russia’s Armed Forces and cooperation in international security. The meeting was co-organized by RIA Novosti, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technology.
At the meeting, leading military experts, specialists from defense research centers, and international security experts from ten different countries will exchange opinions on the Russian military reform, the participation of the Russian Armed Forces in international security structures, and the prospects for and obstacles facing full-fledged security partnerships. The meeting will include experts from Russia, the United States, the UK, France, Belarus, Norway, Turkey, Germany, Poland, and Japan.