Venue: the city of Kazan, IEC KAZAN EXPO IEC, Hall 1

Organizers: Council of Young Diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, Academy of Youth Diplomacy.

Moderator: Ayaz Ismagilov, Third Secretary of the Department for the Middle East and North Africa Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Speakers:

Bolycheva Margarita Dmitrievna, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Congress Activities of the Republic of Bashkortostan;

Kolpakov Konstantin Olegovich, Chairman of the Council of Young Diplomats, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;

Turusbekov Daniyar Baktybekovich, Director of the Protocol and Organizational Support Department, the Eurasian Economic Commission, Chairman of the Youth Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Fayzutdinov Lenar Fanilevich, First Deputy General Director of Dialog, ANO;

Bobrov Aleksander Kirillovich, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Management, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;

Eliza Shafika, Chairman of the “Malaysian Youth Diplomacy”, Malaysia;

Igor Khalevinskiy, Chairman of the Council of the Association of Russian Diplomats;

Adenyi Sulkifli Ganiya, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the Russian Federation;

Hamda Khalid, UAE.

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The speakers noted the shift in attention towards Southeast Asia and to the fact that the responsibility of a multipolar world formation is borne by the young people.

According to Lenar Fayzutdinov, First Deputy General Director of Dialog, ANO, the people born after 2000, in the period of 10 years, will make up 60% of the working-age population in the world.

During the session, the speakers came to the conclusion that it is mandatory that a diplomat should be proficient in IT technologies in order to be effective in work; besides, there is a need to discuss and formulate a common regulatory framework for digitalization.

Igor Khalevinskiy, Chairman of the Council of the Association of Russian Diplomats, “How many foreign languages you know, that many times you are a human being”.