Devendra Fadnavis leaving for Davos on Tuesday

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is leaving for Davos tomorrow to attend the annual summit of World Economic Forum as a special invitee.

"The Chief Minister will leave for Davos tomorrow evening after attending a state cabinet meeting earlier in the day," an officer in the CMO said, adding the Chief Minister will return on January 25.

WEF president Klaus Schwab has specially invited Fadnavis as well as his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to attend the Summit, and they will be part of the high-level Indian delegation that also includes Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Fadnavis is expected to hold one-on-one meetings with over 30 global business leaders and would be making presentations on biotechnology and sustainable food and water.

Fadnavis had said he would be inviting potential investors to Maharashtra and showcase the state.

World leaders from political, social and business backgrounds would attend the 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

The focal theme for this year's annual meeting is 'The New Global Context'.

The meeting would discuss all the aspects including those of security, stability, need for increased cooperation, innovation and related aspects.