Raisina Dialogue to begin today, PM Modi to attend inaugural session

India’s

flagship global conference on geopolitics and geo-economics Raisina Dialogue

will begin today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the inaugural

session.

Seven former

heads of state or government will share their views on important challenges

facing the world.

The fifth

edition of the prestigious Raisina Dialogue is being jointly organized by the

Ministry of External Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation.

The

three-day conference will see participation of 12 Foreign Ministers, including

from Russia, Iran, Australia, Maldives, South Africa, Denmark, Uzbekistan and

the EU. This will bring together 700 international participants from over 100

countries.

In the short

span of five years, the Raisina Dialogue has acquired an enviable global

profile uniting the best strategic thinkers of the world.

The collaborations

in the dialogue represent India’s deliberative principles, as well as its

international credibility and convening power.

It has grown

along with India’s diplomatic profile and will set the tone for its intensive

diplomatic engagement this year.