On June 20, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “Syria: Halfway Home”, dedicated to the country’s return to the Arab League after 12 years. Bashar al-Jaafari, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Russian Federation; Maria Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva, Professor, Department of Applied Analysis of International Problems, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russian Foreign Ministry, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry; Igor Matveev, Senior Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria (2014-2019), participated. The event was moderated by Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.