Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely lead a high-powered Indian delegation comprising finance minister Arun Jaitley and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman among others to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) marque annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland in January22
Modi will be the second Indian Prime Minister in 20 years after HD Deve Gowda in 1997 to address delegates at the popular Swiss ski resort where global leaders converge every year to discuss geo-politics, economics and development at the WEF’s flagship event.
Modi will likely address a special plenary on January 23 centred on “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World,” the theme of WEF’s 48th four day annual summit that will end on January 26.
