At Center for Middle East Studies Seminar in Paris, Lombardi says problems of ME cannot be tackled without Russia
The largest mosque in Europe is in the capital
Moscow, said Roland Lombardi, a researcher specializing in geopolitical
problems in the Middle East, pointing out that Russia has the largest 10,000
mosques.
He stressed that Russian President Vladimir
Putin is a wall of impunity against extremist movements in the Middle East.
He added that the Russians have another way in
dealing with the Europeans. He also said that Russia is inevitable and problems
of the Middle East cannot be tackled without them, stressing that it is
cooperating with Israel, Turkey and Iran to solve the problems of the Middle
East.
Attending the
seminar was a large host of researchers and experts. They included Ahmed
Youssef, Joachim Veliocas, Pierre Berthelot, Garen Shnorhokian. Several Middle
East specialists from Europe also attended the seminar, along with a large
number of Arab and French journalists.
