New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs will organize the third Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture on January 23. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will preside over the event and the topic of the lecture will be "The Future of Global Uncertainty."

Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan will deliver a lecture at the event, the Ministry of External Affairs said in the press conference. The memorial lecture has been organized as a tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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"Ministry of External Affairs will be organizing the third Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture on 23 January 2023. The lecture will be delivered by Amb. Bilahari Kausikan, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, and currently Chairman, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore," the Ministry of External Affairs said in the press release.

The MEA noted that Vajpayee has contributed immensely to crafting India's foreign policy as External Affairs Minister and as Prime Minister. According to the press release, the lecture will be live-streamed on all the social media platforms of the Ministry of External Affairs.

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"This memorial lecture series is organized as a tribute to late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a towering statesman who immensely contributed to crafting India's Foreign Policy both as External Affairs Minister and as Prime Minister," the Ministry of External Affairs said in the press release. (ANI)

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