THE 16^TH IMEMO-IFANS CONFERENCE
“INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IN NORTH-EAST ASIA & RUSSIAN - KOREAN BILATERAL RELATIONS”.

IMEMO RAN. 29-30 June, 2006

Welcoming Addresses:

HE Academician Nodari Simoniya, Director, IMEMO RAN.
HE Konstantin Vnukov, Director of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
HE Mr.Choi Jung-pyo, Chancellor, IFANS

Heads of delegations:

Prof. Gennady Chufrin, Corresponding Member of RAN Deputy Director, IMEMO RAN. HE Mr.Choi Jung-pyo, Chancellor, IFANS

The conference was divided into three sessions:

Session I: Six-party talks and prospects for regional security cooperation in North-East Asia.

Session II: China’s role as a regional power.

Session III: Bilateral Russian-Korean Relations: Issues and Prospects.

Presentations:
On the Russian side:

1. Ambassador Dr. Georgy Kunadze,
   Leading Research Fellow, Center for Asia Pacific Studies, IMEMO RAN:
   «North Korean nuclear issue in the context of the Iranian crisis».
   
   
2. Prof. Vasily Mikheev, Corresponding Member of RAN, Head of Section,
   Center for Asia Pacific Studies, IMEMO RAN:
   «China’s Role as a Regional Power in North East Asia».
   
   
3. Dr. Alexander Fedorovskiy, Head of Section, Center for Asia Pacific Studies,
   IMEMO RAN:
   «Russia’s “move to the East”: consequences for Russia-South Korea relations».
   
   
4. Mr Alexander Katichev, Deputy Director of Department, Ministry of Economic Development & Trade:
   «Russian view on bilateral trade and economic relations between Russia and South Korea».

On the Korean side:

1. Prof. CHOI Kang, Department for American Studies, IFANS:
   «Six-Party Talks: A Platform for Regional Security Cooperation».
   
   
2. Prof. KIM Heung Kyu, Department for Asian and Pacific Studies, IFANS:
   «Prospects for Sino-North Korean Relations».
   
   
3. Prof. Sung-Hwan SON, Director-general, Department for European and African Studies, IFANS:
   «Tripartite Economic Cooperation between South & North Korea, and Russia».