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04/22/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/22/2021 01:12
Keynote Address by External Affairs Minister at ICWA-USI International Gallipoli Virtual Seminar
Excellencies, distinguished scholars, ladies and gentlemen.
I am pleased to join you all today at the inauguration of the International Conference on Gallipoli 2021. This is the first major commemoration of the Battle of Gallipoli to be hosted by any platform of national significance in India. Perhaps, it is only appropriate that it should be done jointly by two venerable, historic bodies - the United Service Institution and the Indian Council of World Affairs. Their coming together with international participation has provided an opportunity to not only reflect on the Gallipoli campaign, but also to assess India s contribution to World War I. I know that the specific theme today is of Gallipoli Revisited; but this is also an occasion to revisit the larger issue of India s global participation and presence.