Pierre Andrieu

Pierre Andrieu is a Former Ambassador of the French Republic to Tajikistan, Moldova, and for the EU Eastern Partnership Policy and the Black Sea. He also served as Co-Chair of the Minsk Group, in charge of the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in the framework of the OSCE. His latest book, Géopolitique des relations russo-chinoises, was published by Presses Universitaires de France (PUF) in 2023.

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