Heads of five countries, including the Prime Ministers of Russia, Mauritius, Nepal and Slovenia and the President of Mozambique, will participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit to be held from January 10-12. A total of 26 nations will participate in the summit as “partner countries”, the highest number since the summit began in 2003.
Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin, Mozambican President Philippe Jacinto Nyusi, Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth, Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba and Slovenian PM Janez Jansa are among the heads of state who visited the summit amid rising COVID cases in Gujarat. Gujarat government said.
The 26 countries participating in the summit include Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Australia, Japan, Russia, UK, UAE, Israel, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, Denmark and Finland.
Global business tycoons and CEOs who attended the summit include Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem (DP World), Didier Casimiro (Rosneft), Tony Fountain (Nyara Energy Limited), Toshihiro Suzuki (Suzuki Motor Corp.), Vivek Lal (Global Atomics Global Corporation). ) Are included. ), Maida Tadashi (Japan Bank for International Cooperation), Salil Gupte (Boeing India Pvt Ltd) and William L Blair (Lockheed Martin India Pvt Ltd).
On the Indian side, the summit was attended by Mukesh Ambani (RIL), Gautam Adani (Adani Group), KM Birla (Aditya Birla Group), Sunil Bharti Mittal (Bharti Enterprises), Ashok Hinduja (Hinduja Group), N. Chandrasekaran (Tata Group) and Harsh Goenka (RPG Group).
“We have confirmed the participation of 15 foreign ministers, four foreign governors and heads of state and CEOs of global brands. VGGS 2022 will set new benchmarks for the stakeholders, the state and the country,” Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was quoted as saying in the release.
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