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March 26, 2021
Russian Foreign Policy, with Amb. Gaston Stronck, Amb. Mikko Hautala, and Amb. Jean-Arthur Régibeau
Ambassadors Gaston Stronck, Mikko Hautala, and Jean-Arthur Régibeau join Andrea Kendall to discuss Russian foreign policy and the state of Russia-Europe relations.
H.E. Gaston Stronck became Ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States in September 2019. He has a longstanding diplomatic and professional career spanning four decades, and previously served as Secretary general at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg from 2017 to 2019. H.E. Mikko Hautala became Ambassador of Finland to the United States in September 2020. He is a career diplomat, and previously served as Ambassador of Finland to Russia from 2016-2020. H.E. Jean-Arthur Régibeau became Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the United States in September 2020. He joined the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998 and previously served as the Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Armenia, Belarus, and Uzbekistan.
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