As part of the Regional Heads of Mission meeting in the UAE, the GRC hosted a briefing session for Swedish ambassadors to the Middle East and officials from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and other authorities. The delegation was headed by Olof Skoog, Director-General for Political Affairs in the Swedish Foreign Ministry, and included 12 regional ambassadors. The session focused on the key political, security-related, and economic developments in the Gulf region.
Director-General of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) S.S. Mehta and CII Principal Advisor A.C. Patankar discussed the scope for cooperation between the two institutions, especially in trying to promote Gulf-India economic engagement by co-hosting joint workshops and conducting studies.
Dr. Liam Fox, British Shadow Defence Secretary and former Chairman of the Conservative Party, and Dr. Adam Werritty.
Dr. Filippo Osella, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Sussex, shared his experiences on issues related to Indians, particularly from the state of Kerala, in the Gulf countries and the impact on various aspects of their society.
Afshin Molavi, Fellow at the Washington-based New America Foundation, a non-profit public policy institute, held discussions on the growing relations between the Gulf countries and Asia
A delegation of 26 students from the Centre for International Studies, Cambridge University, Britain, under the stewardship of Prof. Philip Towle, was briefed on the current developments in the Gulf
