New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will tomorrow inaugurate the second Raisina Dialogue, India's flagship geo-political conference, held annually. The theme of the Dialogue, this year, is "The New Normal: Multilateralism with Multi-Polarity”, which the Ministry of External Affairs is organising, in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation. The inaugural session of the Dialogue will feature Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar, Foreign Minister of Nepal Sharan Mahat, former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd and Gowher Rizvi, International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. A video message from United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will also be played before the Inaugural Panel. There are also a number of Ministerial and Keynote addresses planned during the Dialogue on January 18-19, 2017. The theme address would be given by Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar. Among the foreign dignitaries, who will be addressing the Dialogue, are Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Minister for Regional Development, Sri Lanka, Stephen Harper, former Prime Minister of Canada and Jacques Audibert, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of France. Shunsuke Takei, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Admiral Harry B Harris Jr, Commander, Pacific Command and Admiral Michelle Howard, Commander, US Naval Forces, Europe and Africa, will also address the dialogue. Senior Ministers from the Indian Council of Ministers will also be addressing the gathering and interacting with the participants of the Dialogue. A major highlight of the event would be a one-to-one conversation on the concluding day, between Mr Akbar and Mr Karzai. Second Edition of the Dialogue has met with greater enthusiasm from across the world. While the first edition involved about 40 countries with 120 foreign participants, the second edition is expected to feature participation from about 65 countries and more than 250 foreign participants. Many of these will participate in a number of panels, including some concurrent ones, organised across a range of sub-themes and include political leaders, diplomats, senior Generals and Admirals, strategic experts and thinkers. UNI NAZ SV RJ SNU 1615