சுவிட்ஸர்லாந்து ஜனாதிபதியை அவரது, வீட்டிற்குப்போய் சந்தித்த பிரதமர் ரணில் (படம்)

இலங்கைப் பிரதமர் ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க, சுவிட்ஸர்லாந்து ஜனாதிபதி ஸ்னைடர் அம்மேனை (Schneider Ammann) சந்தித்து கலந்துரையாடியுள்ளார்.

இந்த சந்திப்பு டவோஸ் நகரில் உள்ள சுவிட்ஸர்லாந்து ஜனாதிபதியின் சொந்த வீட்டில் இன்று (22) இடம்பெற்றுள்ளது.

இலங்கையின் தற்போதைய அரசியல் மற்றும் பொருளாதார நிலைமைகள் உள்ளிட்ட பல்வேறு விடயங்கள் குறித்து இதன்போது ஆராயப்பட்டுள்ளதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.

2016ம் ஆண்டுக்கான உலக பொருளாதார மாநாட்டில் கலந்து கொள்வதற்காக இலங்கைப் பிரதமர் ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க கடந்த 19ம் திகதி சுவிட்ஸர்லாந்துக்கு பயணமாகியிருந்தமை குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

Over 40 heads of state and government, as well as 2,500 leaders from business and society will convene at the 46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, from 20 to 23 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme, Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Critical current challenges, such as security, climate change and “new normal” global growth and commodity prices, are among the issues on the agenda.

The Co-Chairs of the Annual Meeting 2016 are: Mary Barra, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Company; Sharan Burrow, General-Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation; Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi; Tidjane Thiam, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse; and Amira Yahyaoui, Founder, Al Bawsala and Global Shaper.

    "The Fourth Industrial Revolution refers to the fusion of technologies across the physical, digital and biological worlds which is creating entirely new capabilities and dramatic impacts on political, social and economic systems," said Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.

To read more about this topic, please see here a preview of Professor Klaus Schwab’s forthcoming book, “The Fourth Industrial Revolution”.

G20 leaders and/or recently inaugurated heads of state/government present include David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Ahmet Davutoğlu, Prime Minister of Turkey; Joachim Gauck, President of Germany; Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina; Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico; Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada; Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece; Manuel Valls, Prime Minister of France; and Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa. Other key government representatives present are: Johann Schneider-Ammann, President and Federal Councillor of Economic Affairs, Education and Research of Switzerland; Haidar Al Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq; Habib Essid, Head of Government of Tunisia; Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel; Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia; Tammam Saeb Salam, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon; Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister and Minister of Reconciliation of Sri Lanka; and Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation.

The US delegation is led by Vice-President Joe Biden and Jill Biden. Also attending are John Kerry, Secretary of State; Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defence; Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Michael Froman, US Trade Representative; Jacob Lew, Secretary of the Treasury; Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce; Loretta Lynch, US Attorney-General; and Gayle Smith, Adminisration of USAID. Gregory Abbott, Governor of Texas, John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, Gina Raimondo, Governor of Rhode Island as well as five senators and eight congressmen, including Congress Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, will be participating.

Participants include more than 1,500 business leaders from the Forum’s 1,000 Member companies; nearly 300 public figures and Members of the Forum communities, including Social Entrepreneurs, Global Shapers, Young Global Leaders and Technology Pioneers. Representatives from international organizations and civil society (NGOs, labour leaders, religious leaders), cultural leaders, academia and the media will also participate.