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Modi to visit Switzerland to address WEF

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Switzerland on 22-23 January to deliver the keynote speech at the plenary session of…

Statesman News Service | New Delhi | January 9, 2018 11:29 am

Modi to visit Switzerland to address WEF

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Switzerland on 22-23 January to deliver the keynote speech at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, it was officially announced here on Monday night. He will also have a bilateral meeting with Swiss President Alain Berset on 22 January.

The theme for this year’s WEF is “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World.” The plenary session will be moderated by Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, WEF.
This is the first visit by an Indian PM to the WEF since the earlier one by H D Deve Gowda in 1997. The WEF is Switzerland will see a congregation of world leaders, including more than 40 heads of state and government, apart from global business leaders.

The PM’s visit to Switzerland will take place ahead of the Republic Day celebrations at which Modi will host leaders of ten ASEAN nations.