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)
«When a growing number of truly global challenges would urgently call for common responses, the rule-based international order is crumbling in front of our eyes.»