MP-IDSA-Instituto do Oriente, Lisbon 1st Virtual Bilateral Dialogue

Описание: MP-IDSA-Instituto do Oriente, Lisbon 1st Virtual Bilateral Dialogue
The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Instituto do Oriente (Orient Institute), ISCSP - University of Lisbon, in 2020. In October 2020, the External Affairs Minister, Government of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Dr. Augusto Santos Silva held a virtual meeting during which they deliberated upon ways to further expand the bilateral cooperation in a range of areas.



The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, in collaboration with the Instituto do Oriente, Lisbon, is organising a series of Dialogues to further the MoU between the two premier think tanks and to deliberate upon the potential areas of mutual partnership and cooperation.



The first Virtual Dialogue between the two institutes held on Monday, February, 08, 2021, at 1500 hours.



The Dialogue will begin with the Opening Remarks from Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, MP-IDSA and Dr. Nuno Canas Mendes, Director, Instituto do Oriente, Lisbon.

Programme

1500-1520 (IST): Inaugural Session
1500-1505: Opening Remarks by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, MP-IDSA
1505-1510: Opening Remarks by Dr. Nuno Canas Mendes, Director, Instituto do Oriente
1510-1515: Special Remarks by Amb. Manish Chauhan, Ambassador of India to Portugal
1515-1520: Special Remarks by Amb. Carlos Pereira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal to India

1520-1600: Session 1: Portugal-India Relations: Past & Present
Chair: Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, MP-IDSA

1525-1535: Amb. Luís Filipe Castro Mendes (former Ambassador to India and Minister for Culture, Government of

Portugal), on ‘Portugal-India Relations: Past and Present’

1535-1545: Col. (Dr.) D.P.K. Pillay (Retd.), Research Fellow, MP-IDSA, on ‘Role of Portugal in Shaping Modern

India: History and Impact from 1498 to Date’

1545-1600: Q&A

1600-1645: Session 2: Strategic & Economic Impact of "Indo-Pacific" on India & Portugal
Chair: Dr. Nuno Canas Mendes, Director, Instituto do Oriente

1605-1615: Shri Sandeep Chakravarty: Joint Secretary, Europe-West Division, Ministry of External Affairs, GoI, on
‘An Indian Viewpoint on the Strategic and Economic Impact of Indo-Pacific and Role of India and
Portugal’

1615-1625: Dr. Carla Guapo Costa, Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP), Lisbon University,

on ‘India-Portugal and Its Impact on Geo-Economics’

1625-1635: Dr. Constantino Xavier, Fellow, Foreign Policy and Security Studies, Centre for Social and Economic

Progress, New Delhi, on ‘India and Portugal: Points of Indo-Atlantic Convergence’

1635-1650: Q&A

1650-1700: Concluding Session

1650-1655: Remarks by Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, MP-IDSA
1655-1700: Remarks by Dr. Nuno Canas Mendes, Director, Instituto do Oriente

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