Virtual Asia Economic Dialogue in month-end

Pune: The fifth edition of the Asia Economic Dialogue, organised by the Pune International Centre and the Ministry of External Affairs, will be held from February 26 to 28.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar, foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Union commerce secretary Anup Wadhawan as well as other serving and retired diplomats and trade representatives across the world will be part of various discussion panels at theAsia Economic Dialogue, which will be streamed live on YouTube.

The theme of the conference is post-pandemic business and trade dynamics, such as revamped and re-aligned global supply chains, future of global finance, status of the World Trade Organisation, among others.

Other guests expected at the virtual event include industrialists Rajiv Bajaj and Naushad Forbes as well as foreign ministers from some of the country’s closest trade and diplomatic allies, such as Maldives’ Abdulla Shahid and others.