World The Economic Forum (WEF) said on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump along with his 5 cabinet members will attend the annual meeting to be held in Davos, Switzerland. A large delegation from India will also participate in this summit. WEF said that representatives from at least 64 countries will participate in this summit, while 6 out of 7 G-7 countries will be represented by their top leadership. Large delegations from China and Pakistan will also participate in this program. World Economic Forum President and CEO Borge Brende said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also be present in this meeting.
The summit will run for 5 days from January 18
Borge Brende said that in this 5-day annual meeting starting from January 18, the situation in Latin America including Ukraine, Gaza and Venezuela will be seriously considered. He said that a large bipartisan delegation from the US Congress and governors of states will also attend the meeting. This program is being organized under the theme ‘Spirit of Dialogue’. Brende said that the world is probably facing the most complex geopolitical situation since 1945 and dialogue is extremely important today.
More than 3000 leaders will participate
He told that this year there will be historic participation of more than 3000 world leaders. It includes more than 1,700 business leaders, half of whom are CEOs or presidents. Foreign ministers of more than 30 countries, more than 60 finance ministers and central bank governors and more than 30 trade ministers will also participate in this meeting. “We’ve never had so many tech giants at Davos before,” he said, referring to the heads of companies like Nvidia and Microsoft.
Who are included in the list of leaders reaching Davos?
Top political leaders attending the meeting include Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and Swiss President Guy Parmelin. The Presidents of Argentina, Indonesia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Congo, Ecuador, Finland, Mozambique, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, Israel and Syria as well as the Prime Ministers of Spain, Belgium, Greece, Netherlands, Pakistan, Palestinian National Authority and Qatar will also attend the meeting.
Who will reach Davos from India?
At least 4 Union ministers from India – Ashwini Vaishnav, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Pralhad Joshi and K Ram Mohan Naidu as well as 6 Chief Ministers are expected to attend the meeting. Also, more than 100 top CEOs of the country will also be there. Chief Ministers include Devendra Fadnavis of Maharashtra, N. Chandrababu Naidu, Himanta Vishwa Sharma of Assam, Mohan Yadav of Madhya Pradesh, A. Revanth Reddy and Hemant Soren of Jharkhand. India’s business leaders include Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, Tata Group’s N. Chandrasekaran, Sanjeev Bajaj of Bajaj Group, Hari S of Jubilant Bhartia Group. Bhartia and TVS Motor’s Sudarshan Venu will go to Davos.
Top officials of United Nations, IMF, World Bank will also be included
Other leaders participating in the summit include UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, World Bank President Ajay S Banga, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UNESCO Director-General Khaled Al-Enani, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Are included.
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