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World Economic Forum summit: 300 govt leaders expected; Sitharaman, three CMS to attend from India

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NEW DELHI/DAVOS: Nearly 300 government leaders including 50 heads of state or govt are expected to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meet later this month in the Swiss town of Davos and the Indian participan­ts would include Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as well as three chief ministers and over 100 CEOS.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, his Karnataka counterpar­t Basavaraj S Bommai as well as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy are expected to be in Davos for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2022 from May 22-26. Maharashtr­a minister and chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aditya Thackeray and Telangana minister and chief minister K Chandrashe­kar Rao’s son K T Rama Rao would be there too.

Besides, the Tamil Nadu government is likely to set up a special lounge in Davos for the duration of the WEF summit, while leaders from some other Indian states are also likely to visit the Swiss resort town at that time. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some senior union ministers are also expected to participat­e in the WEF’S Davos summit, one of the most high-profile congregati­ons of world leaders globally, but there has been no official announceme­nt so far regarding their participat­ion.

At least 100 Indian CEOS, as well as hundreds of business and political leaders from across the world have already registered for the five-day event. The annual meeting is expected to be attended by over 300 public figures, including heads of state and government from across the globe. The annual summit, which was originally scheduled to be held in January but had to be postponed due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of the Covid, will start on May 22 and continue till May 26.

The meeting will be held under the theme of ‘History at a Turning Point: Government Policies and Business Strategies’ and the organisers expect it to “offer time and space for meaningful, in-person exchange that has been impossible on this scale since the onset of the pandemic”.

“More than 2,000 participan­ts, including global leaders from business, media and civil society, will contribute their expertise and insights to over 400 sessions. The meeting will also convene 300 public figures, comprising heads of state and government and heads of internatio­nal organizati­ons as well as ministers of foreign affairs, economy, finance, trade, energy and a range of additional portfolios from G7, G20 and other relevant economies,” the WEF said in an update.

WEF, which describes itself as an internatio­nal organisati­on for public-private cooperatio­n, has been hosting its annual meeting in Davos every January for nearly 50 years, but it could not take place in a physical format in 2021 due to the COVID19 pandemic, while the 2022 edition had to be postponed from January to May.

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