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On March 11-13 a symposium on “The role and significance of the Kurdish factor in the territorial and regional geopolicy” took place in the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Expert scientists from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Institute of the U.S.A. and Canada, Institute of Oriental Studies, some officials from Russian Federation and Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government representing the Security Council of Russian Federation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RF, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Kurdistan Regional Government, as well as representatives from Armenia, Kazakhstan, from various countries of CIS and from the Kurdish community of Moscow were present during the symposium.
In their reports and during the discussions the participants of the symposium raised different questions on the role of Kurdish minorities in the following countries: Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Russian Federation, countries of Central Asia and Southern Caucasus, as well as they emphasized the role of the Kurds in radical Islam in the struggle of Islamic state. Almost all the participants paid attention to Iraqi Kurdistan and to the events of Iraq and Syria.
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