Tehran, IRNA – The 2022 Tehran Dialogue Forum (TDF) will begin Monday 19 December 2022, with a speech by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.

The forum’s mantra will be “Islamic Republic of Iran's Neighborhood Policy: Friendship & Trust Building Strategy”.

It will be held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Center for Political and International Studies with the presence of many foreign diplomats, especially from Iran’s neighboring countries.

Some 70 foreign guests from 36 countries, including politicians and diplomats, think tanks and research institutes managers and researchers are expected to participate in the meeting.

The event will also feature the managers of Iranian think tanks and foreign ambassadors in Tehran.

Four panel discussions scheduled to take place after TDF’s opening ceremony include The Latest Developments in West Asia, Persian Gulf Security, The Ukraine Crisis and its Regional and International Aftermaths, and Perspective of Peace and All-Encompassing Government in Afghanistan.

The first and second editions of the TDF were held in 2019 and 2020 bringing together regional politicians and thinkers in international studies, especially from West Asia.

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