Conference Opening and Opening Speeches
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Welcoming remarks:
Victor Pinchuk, Founder and Member of the Board, Yalta European Strategy
Opening Speeches, Conversation and Q&A: Ukraine, Turkey, and the Future of Wider Europe in the 21st Century
Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005), Chairman of the Board, Yalta European Strategy (moderator)
«Russia still has to become a modern nation. It still hasn’t made the fundamental decisions to determine whether it’s going to be a part of the international community or whether it’s going to try to be an imperial power and attack its neighbors, and take their land.»