Assistant Professor Dr Ljubiša Mićić, representing Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka took part in the forum Foreign Policy Meetings in Memory of Vitaliy Churkin in Moscow, within a programme that brings together participants from different countries to exchange views on contemporary international relations, diplomacy, security, and global challenges.
The event was organised by the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, which operates under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Among the prominent speakers and interlocutors, in addition to Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, was Sergey Kislyak, Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs.
A special contribution by professor Mićić was made within the panel “Digital Sovereignty: Between National Regulation and Global Standards”, which opened a space for discussion on the relationship between national regulatory frameworks and global standards in the field of digital development, data governance, and technological autonomy. Speakers on this panel included Vadim Kozyulin, Professor at the Academy of Military Sciences of the Russian Federation and Head of the Center for Global Studies and International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, as well as Ivan Danilin, Deputy Director for Scientific Work at IMEMO.
The event also gained a strong symbolic and emotional dimension through the presence of Irina Churkina, the widow of the late Vitaliy Churkin, who expressed her gratitude to the Serbian people for the bust erected in honour of her late husband. Her presence further emphasised the memorial character of the forum.
The participation of professor Mićić in this international forum represents an important contribution to the international visibility of UNIBL and EFBL, as well as a confirmation of the active involvement of the academic community from the Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina in relevant global debates on diplomacy, security, and the digital future.
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