Raisina Dialogue 2017

2nd Raisina Dialogue 2017

Question: The 2nd Edition of Raisina Dialogue was held from 17-19 January, 2017 in which of the following city?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Nagpur
(c) New Delhi
(d) Jaipur
Ans: (c)
Related facts:

  • The 2nd Edition of Raisina Dialogue was held from 17-19 January, 2017.
  • The venue of the dialogue was Taj Palace, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
  • It was organised by Ministry of External Affairs in partnership with Observer Research Foundation.
  • The Theme of the Dialogue, this year, is “The New Normal: Multilateralism with Multi-Polarity”.
  • It was inagurated by Prime Minster Narendra Modi.
  • The 2nd edition has saw the participation from about 65 countries and more than 250 foreign participants.
  • Many of these will participate in a number of Panels, including some concurrent ones, organized across a range of sub-themes and include political leaders, diplomats, senior Generals and Admirals, strategic experts and thinkers.
  • Among the foreign dignitaries who addressed the Dialogue are Mr. Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Minister for Regional Development, Sri Lanka, Mr. Stephen Harper, former Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Jacques Audibert, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of France, Mr. Shunsuke Takei, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr, Commander, Pacific Command and Admiral Michelle Howard, Commander, US Naval Forces, Europe and Africa.
  • The Dialogue featured an Inaugural Panel with the participation of Shri M.J. Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Shri Prakash Sharan Mahat, Foreign Minister of Nepal, Mr. Hamid Karzai, former President of Afghanistan, Mr. Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and Mr. Gowher Rizvi, International Affairs Advisor to Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
  • The Dialogue is India’s flagship geo-political conference to be held annually and within a short span has emerged as a much awaited global conference in the international calendar.

Reference:
http://www.orfonline.org/2nd-raisina-dialogue-2017-the-new-normal-multilateralism-with-multipolarity/
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157417