The 9th Heads of Mission Conference was held in New Delhi from June 30-July 2, 2018.
- It was inaugurated by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
- The conference comes at the time when India is monitoring several important global developments such as:
- Sanctions imposed by United States on Russia and Iran.
- China’s new assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.
More about the Conference:
- The theme of three-day annual conference was:- ‘Unprecedented Outreach: Unparalleled Outcomes’.
- It saw participation of all Indian ambassadors and high commissioners and deliberated on India’s key foreign policy issues and goals.
- It provided government a common platform to brief country’s top diplomats for promoting India’s national interests abroad and on economic reform initiatives and measures taken for improving ease-of-doing business in the country so that these aspects can be highlighted on the global stage.
- All in all, it was an important conference that set certain goals for our top diplomats to take our country's case forward in the international community in order to further strenghthen our position in global arena !
