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PM Modi will inaugurate Raisina Dialogue today

Harshad Dewangan 17 March 2025

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the three-day 'Raisina Dialogue' today. This is India's major conference on geopolitics and geo-economics. Representatives from 125 countries will participate in this conference. This conference will be organized from 17 to 19 March.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrei Sibiha are also among the participants in the 10th edition of the conference. For the first time, a delegation including a senior security official from Taiwan is expected to attend the conference, sources said. This reflects the growing cooperation between the two sides in the last few years.

The conference is being organised by the think tank 'Observer Research Foundation' in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs. The Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday that representatives from about 125 countries will participate in this conference. It will include ministers, former heads of state, military commanders, leading personalities from the industry, technology giants, academicians, journalists, strategic affairs scholars and experts from leading think tanks. Officials said that foreign ministers of 20 countries will participate in this discussion.

New Zealand PM will deliver the keynote address

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sibiha's visit to India comes at a time when the US is working towards a temporary ceasefire to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon will deliver the keynote address at the opening session of the Raisina Dialogue on Monday. Foreign ministers of Slovenia, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova, Georgia, Sweden, Slovak Republic, Bhutan, Maldives, Norway, Thailand, Antigua and Barbuda, Peru, Ghana, Hungary and Mauritius will also participate in the conference. Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Martinez Diaz and Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique A. Manalo will also participate in the Raisina Dialogue.