Global summit on Indo-Pacific development
Senior politicians, captains of industry and experts will meet here under the aegis of Global Partnership Summit (GPS) to be held from December 11 to December 14 to fine-tune the nature of cooperation that will stretch from the South China Sea to Indian Ocean, and will finally culminate in Africa.
GPS is being organised after Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono recently made a pitch for raising the level of cooperation between India, the United States and Japan.
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party secretary general Toshihiro Nikai is set to chair GPS while Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subhash Chandra will co-chair the talks.
It will aim to provide an Alternative Development Model for countries in the Indo-Pacific region, a majority of whom feel threatened by China’s predatory economics.
Dr Subhash Chandra said that the prerequisite of a sustainable and empowered world order is a process of close interactions between economic and cross-cultural systems. He said that GPS was an iconic platform where world leaders and influencers converge to set new paradigms of an order that creates opportunities for steadily accelerating economic growth and equitable social development for the present and future generations.
“It is a one-of-a-kind effort to bring together intellectuals, corporations, government agencies, NGOs and …read more