Manama Voices: Dialogue line-up announced
Posted: 07/12/2012 Filed under: Gulf and Middle East Security, Manama Voices | Tags: John McCain, Syria, Syrian national Coalition, William Burns, William Hague Leave a comment »
First meeting of the Syrian National Coalition, Doha, November 2012
Mustafa Sabbagh, the secretary-general of the recently formed Syrian National Coalition, will take part in a special session on Syria that opens the 8th IISS Regional Security Summit tonight. He will be joined by Mike Rogers, the chairman of the US House Committee on Intelligence, Naci Koru, the Turkish deputy foreign minister, and Wu Sike, the Chinese special envoy to the Middle East.
On Saturday morning, US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Senator John McCain will debate the US role in the Middle East. Other speakers announced today include British Foreign Secretary William Hague, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd and ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Senior military and security officials from the US, France and India will join colleagues from the region for sessions on security in the Strait of Hormuz, Syria and regional security and counter-terrorism on Sunday.
