During the conference, Minister Rau, as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, presented the Organisation’s role in conflict resolution and Poland’s position on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, as well as on its international implications. The chief of Polish diplomacy also participated in a discussion panel titled “The Brussels Effect. Compass for a Strategic Europe,” along with his counterparts from Lithuania and Luxembourg and the representatives of UK’s Chatham House and US-based Atlantic Council’s Europe Center. The panel was devoted to the EU’s current condition, as well as Poland’s and Central Europe’s role in the European Union.

This year’s edition of the Raisina Dialogue conference was attended by, among others, foreign ministers of Argentina, Croatia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Norway, Slovenia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Nigeria, Armenia, Mauritius, Greece, Mexico, and Nepal. The United States was represented by USAID Administrator Samantha Power, National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Kurt Campbell, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral John Aquilino, and Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger.

The conference has been held annually since 2016 by Observer Research Foundation (ORF), an Indian think-tank, in cooperation with the Ministry of External Affairs of India.

An important element of Minister Rau’s visit to India was a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The agenda of the visit to India also included an economic component, namely an online webinar and B2B talks promoting Polish-Indian cooperation in environmental technologies.

 

Łukasz Jasina
MFA Press Spokesperson

 

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