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Replay - France-Ukraine Forum 2025

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Replay of the France-Ukraine Forum 2025. - Three years after the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the France-Ukraine 2025 Forum will welcome politicians, experts, academics, and civil society representatives from both countries to discuss three main topics: Ukraine's current military strategy and strategic perspectives;  the country's resilience and recovery; Ukraine's European and transatlantic perspectives, including the EU accession process and its aspirations to join NATO.

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From left to right: Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Thomas Gomart, Director of Ifri, and Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
From left to right: Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Thomas Gomart, Director of Ifri, and Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
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Program:

 

13:45-14:00: Welcome Addresses by the Organizers

Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Director, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri, France

Leo Litra, Senior Research Fellow, New Europe Center, Ukraine

 

14:00-14:15: Keynote Speech by H.E. Vadym Omelchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to France

 

14:15-15:30: What Are the Current Military Strategies and Strategic Perspectives for Ukraine?

Panelists: 

  • Brice Roquefeuil, Head of the Directorate for Continental Europe, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France
  • Rostyslav Ohryzko, Deputy State Secretary, Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine
  • Alice Rufo, General Director of DGRIS, Ministry of the Armed Forces, France
  • Leo Litra, Senior Research Fellow, New Europe Center, Ukraine

Moderator: Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Director, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri, France

 

15:30-16:00: Coffee Break 

 

16:00-17:15: Resilience and Recovery: Ukraine's Fight Beyond the Battlefield

Intervenants:

  • Claire Cheremetinski, Deputy Director General of the Treasury, France (online)
  • Oleksandr Sushko, Executive Director, International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine
  • François Benaroya, CEO of Europe-Mediterranean, BNP Paribas, France
  • Oleksandra Betliy, Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Ukraine
  • Alexandra Goujon, Lecturer, University of Burgundy, Researcher affiliated with CREDESPO and Associate at CERCEC, France

Moderator: Lesia Orobets, Head of the "Air Defence Shield for Ukraine" initiative, Former Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

 

17:15-18:30: Transatlantic Perspectives: EU Accession Process and NATO Aspirations

Panelists:

  • Vincent Guérend, Director for the European Union at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France
  • Alyona Getmanchuk, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO, Ukraine
  • Pierre Haroche, Lecturer in European and International Politics, Catholic University of Lille, France
  • Yehor Cherniev, Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairman of Ukraine's Permanent Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Ukraine
  • Olena Halushka, Member of the Board of the International Renaissance Foundation, Co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV), Member of the Board of the Anti-corruption Action Center (AntAC), Ukraine

Moderator: Dimitri Minic, Researcher, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri, France

 

18:30-19h00: Discussion with the Ministers

Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine

Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate for Europe, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France

Moderator: Thomas Gomart, Director, Ifri

 

19:00-20:30: Cocktail near Ifri (Invitation-only)
 

 

Co-organized by Ifri (Paris) and the New Europe Center (Kyiv).

 

With the support of the Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs, France.

For this event, the New Europe Center is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.

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Tatiana KASTOUÉVA-JEAN

Tatiana KASTOUÉVA-JEAN

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Director of the Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri
 

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Dimitri MINIC

Dimitri MINIC

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Research Fellow, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri

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Thomas GOMART

Thomas GOMART

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Director of Ifri

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From left to right: Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Thomas Gomart, Director of Ifri, and Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
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