Nearly 20 heads of state and ministers serving in different governments across the world will attend the 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, to be held here next month.
The summit will be held at Mahatma Mandir convention centre here from January 10-13.
Some of the global dignitaries would interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also participate in different seminars during the summit, said Additional Chief Secretary (Industries and Mines), P K Taneja at a press conference here today.
"We are privileged to host these leaders from around the world. These leaders include Prime Ministers, ministers and Presidents of various countries," said Taneja, adding that nine Nobel laureates as well as 58 CEOs from India and abroad would also be attending the mega business event.
Some of the prominent dignitaries include Nisha Desai Biswal, an Indian-American serving as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs in the United States Department of State, said Taneja.
Others include President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Rwanda Paul Kagame, Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa, PM of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, Deputy PM of Russia Dmitry Rogozin, first Deputy PM and Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Poland, Poitr Glinski.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, Hiroshige Seko among many others.
The summit will be officially inaugurated by the Prime Minister at around 3:30 PM on January 10.
The 12 nations that have agreed to become partner countries for the event are - USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Sweden and UAE.
According to Taneja, demonetisation and its impact on the Indian economy would be discussed during the summit.
"On January 11, there is an important seminar about GST implementation, which will be chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. I firmly believe that dignitaries would discuss the demonetisation move and and its subsequent effects on economy during that seminar," said Taneja.
"This is my first visit to India and I am now proud of
Marwahs in India," said Dr. Marwa Mahdi Hadi Al Salihi from Iraq. I am happy to learn that there is already an Indo Afghanistan Cultural Forum working so well from Noida," said Pamir Khan Pasoon delegate from Afghanistan. "We are thankful to AAFT for giving a large number of film makers to Bhutan," said Ugyen Bidha
from Bhutan.
"We are enthusiastic about Indo Egypt Cultural Forum formed by Marwah in India," said Dr.Entsar Sayed Abdou Sayed of Egypt. The activities at Indo Guatemala Film and Cultural Forum have impressed me," added Evelyn Azucena, delegate from Guatemala.
Sandeep Marwah presented life memberships of World Peace Development and Research Foundation to every delegate along with the memento of Global Media and Entertainment Summit 2017. During the summit Sandeep Marwah was nominated and awarded by all the delegates as the Global Cultural Minister for his untiring contribution to world unity. Ashok Tyagi, Secretary General ICMEI; Padmini Parameshwaran, India Head of Teesside University also spoke on the occasion. Later, Sandeep Marwah honoured Prof. Ronan Paterson with the life membership of International Film and Television Club of AAFT and Dr. Rishi Raj Singh with Summit Memento.
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