The Middle East Political and Economic Institute (MEPEI), the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Romania, and the EURISC Foundation,

In partnership with

The Institute for Political and International Studies (MoFA, Iran), the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (Tehran, Iran), and the Chamber of Commercial Diplomacy with Iran (Bucharest)

Kindly invite you to attend the International Conference “Dialogue and Cooperation in the Middle East: Geopolitics and Geoeconomics Perspectives” (The Fifth Forum), to be held in Bucharest on Thursday, the 17^th of October 2019, hours 08:30 – 19:30, at Rapsodia Conference Hall (1^st Floor) & Opera Conference Hall (2^nd Floor) of InterContinental Bucharest Hotel (4 Nicolae Bălcescu Blvd / University Square).

The conference keynote speakers are experts in international relations, security studies, energy security, international affairs, economic & trade, and crisis management from China, Hungary, Lebanon, Iran, Italy, Romania, Russian Federation, Syria, and Türkiye.

We welcome representatives of the accredited diplomatic missions in Romania, officials of the Romanian public institutions, NGOs, academia (students and professors), think-tanks (researchers and analysts), business persons, and mass-media to the event.

Working language: English (no translation).

Hoping to receive your confirmation for participation, please kindly respond before the 15^th of October 2019, 24:00 at the e-mail address: office@mepei.com

Please find below an updated programme.