Venue: Saint James Club, 43 Avenue Bugeaud, Paris

Date: Thursday, July 12th at 7:30 PM

Topic: Iran, Iraq, and the Arab Israeli Conundrum

The discussion focused on the current situation in the Middle East.
It also evaluated the potential role for Morrocco as a mediating
partner between the West and Muslim countries. The discussion was
moderated by Marc S. Ellenbogen, President of the Prague Society and
Chairman of the Global Panel Foundation.

Other Guests:

Hon.  Hassan Abouyoub
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Kin g and Ambassador-at-Large;
 fmr. Minister of Trade, Morocco

Gen.  Abdeljebbar Azzaoui
Director of Counter-intelligence and Counterterrorism, Kingdom of Morocco

René Biagi
fmr. Head of Agence France Presse (AFP) Eastern Europe, France

Paul Blue
Transatlantic Business Consultant, France (USA)

Yossef Bodansky
 Senior Advisor, Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1998-2004), USA

Marc S. Ellenbogen
Chairman Worldwide, Global Panel Foundation, USA

Général  d’Armée Pierre Forterre
fmr. Commander of Eurocorps, France

Amb. Jean Felix-Paganon
 Director, North Africa and Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

Amb. Vladimir Lomeyko
fmr. Press Secretary to Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia

Kai Metzner
Executive Director, Global Panel, Germany

Charles Rileys
Charles Rileys Consultants International, France

Hon. Ghassan Salamé
Professor, Sciences Po;
Minister of Culture (2000-2003), Lebanon