.ORF, in partnership with CMA CGM Group, Randhir Jaiswal, and France Diplomacy 🇫🇷🇪🇺, is excited to host the inaugural edition of ‘Raisina Mediterranean’. 🗓️ 12–13 June | 📍 Marseille Know more: or-f.org/33819 Follow this thread to know about the esteemed attendees!

Ministerial In Conversation France, India, and Europe: A Multi-Dimensional Strategic Partnership Featuring: Dr. S. Jaishankar, Jean-Noël Barrot & Samir Saran #RaisinaMediterranean2025 Know more 👉or-f.org/33819

Wonderful to contribute to the 2nd edition of Yerevan Dialogue with its thoughtful mix of themes ranging from AI & trade to EU enlargement & nimble global powers. Intriguing to watch Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia’s detailed presentation on the 🇦🇲🇦🇿 peace process.

.ORF is hosting the latest edition of the Diplomat Diaries Series featuring Kamel Galal, Ambassador of Egypt to India, in conversation with Harsh V. Pant. 🗓️18 June⏰ 3:30 PM IST Register to join the discussion👉or-f.org/34331

.ORF is hosting the latest iteration of the Neighbourhood Scope on 'Taliban and the World: A Global Reckoning' Featuring: Elizabeth Threlkeld, Sulaiman Bin Shah, Raghav Sharma, Shivam Shekhawat & sushant sareen 17 June | 3:00 PM Register NOW👉or-f.org/34407

My article on India’s pivot to the #Mediterranean published in the The Indian Express as PM Modi’s landing in Cyprus marked his first foreign tour since Operation Sindoor. #IMEC #ThreeBrothersAxis #CyprusPresidencyEU2026 shorturl.bz/tT0

#RaisinaMed As India & France will soon chair BRICS & G7 resp, which G7 country can India discuss a potential BRICS-G7 partnership? Which BRICS country can France discuss this? Samir Saran in convo with Dr. S. Jaishankar Jean-Noël Barrot on what makes 🇮🇳🤝🇫🇷 special youtu.be/yPItm8HN9Pw?si…

Honoured to be the guest speaker for the inaugural edition of this wonderful new initiative #ShantipathDebates by PLinIndia marking the conclusion of the #PolishPresidency of the EU. EU in India Samir Saran

.ORF is hosting the 'Indian Ocean Island States Roundtable' as part of the ongoing Diplomat Diaries Series. Featuring: Lalatiana Accouche, High Commissioner of Seychelles to India, and Tsiory Randrianarivony, Counsellor, Embassy of Madagascar in India 🗓️23 July 2025 ⏰3:30

Such a pleasure to meet the indomitable Shekhar Gupta this evening! Thank you for the cherished chat. ThePrintIndia

It was a pleasure to go Live on #BritishNationalTelevsion and share my views on the landmark #IndiaUK #FTA signed today during PM Modi’s visit to the UK and wider 🇮🇳🇬🇧 relations. #FTA ITV News Lora Jones

Early signs of a thaw in #EU-#China ties under #Trump 2.0 have cooled rapidly, as #Brussels grows wary of #China’s strategic intentions and #trade dominance: Shairee Malhotra or-f.org/34857

Against a global backdrop of tariff wars and trade tensions, 🇮🇳🇬🇧 champion free trade. Our piece for NDTV on the #IndiaUKFTA and the two countries’ emergence from the shadows of diaspora & legacy issues that have often held the relationship hostage. India in the UK UK in India🇬🇧🇮🇳

.ORF is hosting a conversation with Rasmus Abildgaard Kristensen (Rasmus Abildgaard Kristensen), Ambassador of Denmark to India 🗓️19 August 2025 ⏰3:30 PM 📍Nalanda Hall, Dr. Ambedkar International Centre Diplomat Diaries aims to host a series of conversations with serving diplomats

And it’s a wrap on the #RaisinaQuadYoungFellowsProgramme hosted by ORF and Randhir Jaiswal! A mix of skepticism and optimism surrounding the #Quad’s future in these turbulent times. 🇮🇳🇦🇺🇯🇵🇺🇸 Samir Saran

It was good to moderate a session on #AI and #digitalgovernance for the #RaisinaQuadYoungFellowsProgramme hosted by ORF and Randhir Jaiswal. Grateful to have the #EU as my regional focus as this enables me to develop an understanding of thematic areas such as AI regulation.

It was an honour to receive the #President of the #Philippines, His Excellency Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Bongbong Marcos and the First Lady, on behalf of ORF during their bilateral state visit to India earlier this month as 🇮🇳🇵🇭 upgrade ties to Strategic Partnership.