PM Modi to inaugurate 7th edition of Raisina Dialogue today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the seventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue Indias flagship multilateral foreign policy and geoeconomics conference todayAccording to the Ministry of External Affairs MEA the dialogue which will be held over three days from April 25 to April 27 will witness the participation of European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen as the chief guestThe Raisina Dialogue 2022 based on the theme Terranova Impassioned Impatient Imperilled will be modelled along six thematic pillars Rethinking Democracy trade technology and ideology End of Multilateralism a networked global order Water Caucuses turbulent tides in the IndoPacific Communities Inc first responders to health development and planet Achieving Green Transitions common imperative diverging realities Samson vs Goliath the persistent and relentless technology warsThe Raisina Dialogue which started in 2016 is Indias premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community The conference is organised by MEA in collaboration with the Observer Research Foundation ORFThe dialogue which was held virtually last year due to the COVID19 pandemic will be held in inperson format this yearRaisina Dialogue 2022 will have around 100 sessions with over 210 speakers from 90 countries There will be side events that will be hosted in Berlin and Washington Raisina young fellows programme will also be conducted on the sidelines of this main conference said MEA Spokesperson Arindam BagchiThe MEA spokesperson further said that the conference will most likely be attended by former PM of Sweden Carl Bildt former Canada PM Stephen Harper former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed and former Australia PM Anthony AbbottWe will also be counting on a prerecorded message from the President of United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid added BagchiIn terms of the participation of foreign ministers the MEA spokesperson informed that the foreign ministers of Argentina Armenia Guyana Nigeria Norway Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Netherlands Philippines Poland Portugal and Slovenia will be attending the eventHe further said that the Australian foreign minister may also join the conference virtuallyBagchi said that the foreign ministers during their visit to India will also have official engagements with External Affairs Minister S JaishankarThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever