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The Valdai Discussion Club and the Vivekananda International Foundation Sign a Memorandum of Understanding
On October 1, 2023, in Sochi, on the eve of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, the Club and the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) signed a memorandum of understanding. On behalf of the Valdai Club, the memorandum was signed by Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, and on behalf of the VIF – by Arvind Gupta, Director of the Vivekananda Foundation. The ceremony was attended by Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, Former Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation (2018–2021).