H.E. Dr Khalil Hassan, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Japan, attended a Lecture “The Middle East Situation from the Perspective of Russian Diplomacy” held by Sasakawa Peace Foundation at the Nippon Foundation Building. Russia’s diplomatic approach and policy clearly contrasts with those of Europe and the U.S., and the speakers discussed from the perspective of Russia’s characteristic form of diplomacy and the larger implications of the Middle East situation.