RAISINA
DIALOGUE - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
News:
Iran FM scraps visit to
India
What's
in the news?
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A blink-and-miss two-second shot of
Iranian women cutting their hair in protest, juxtaposed with an image of
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has upset Tehran, forcing their Foreign
Minister to cancel his visit to India next month.
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein
Amir-Abdollahian was due to travel to India for the Raisina dialogue scheduled
for March 3 and 4.
Key
takeaways:
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A promotional video of the Raisina
Dialogue was put out about a month ago, announcing the 2023 edition of the
event. In the clip, just under two minutes, a two-second shot of Iranian women
cutting their hair in protests is shown, along with an image of the Iranian
President.
Raisina
Dialogue:
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The Raisina Dialogue is the flagship think-tank event organised by
the Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
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Every year, global leaders in policy,
business, media, and civil society are hosted in New Delhi to discuss
cooperation on a wide range of pertinent international policy matters.
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This year, there are over 20 Foreign
Ministers expected to come for the G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting on March 1
and 2.
Issues
discussed:
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The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier
foreign policy conference on geopolitics
and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing
the global community.