French President's India visit: PM Modi, Macron issue joint statement, 14 agreements signed
Politics | March 10, 2018 17:09 ISTThe French president also met with his counterpart Ram Nath Kovind and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
The French president also met with his counterpart Ram Nath Kovind and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
Mallika Sherawat works closely with Free-A-Girl India, which fights against human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children in India.
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Swaraj, who arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday on a two-day goodwill visit, today called on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and held talks with CPN-Maoist Centre chairman ‘Prachanda’.
Swaraj, who arrived here yesterday on a two-day goodwill visit, today called on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and held talks with CPN-Maoist Centre chairman ‘Prachanda’.
"We will extend full cooperation to Nepal in attaining political stability and development," Swaraj said.
State Minister for Finance Udaya Sumsher Rana, Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri and Nepalese government officials welcomed Sushma Swaraj at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
"MEA has decided to continue with the current practice of printing of the last page of the passport and not to issue a separate passport with orange colour jacket to ECR passport holders."
Swaraj will be the first senior Indian minister to visit Nepal after the conclusion of elections to local bodies, provincial assemblies and federal Parliament.
Swaraj said her Ministry has also decided to offer 10 per cent reduction in passport application fee for children below eight years of age and senior citizens.
In a jibe, the Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surhewala said that “Prime Minister has mastered the art of electoral rhetoric as he has failed miserably to ensure the protection of our borders”.
Sushma Swaraj said it is "important that the world today debate and clarify the practices and ethos which underwrites the international order".
The inaugural session by the Israeli PM, who is on a six-day India visit, will be attended by PM Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and ORF Chairman Sunjoy Joshi.
Sushma Swaraj told Benjamin Netanyahu that India was very excited to receive him and emphasised on the "warm and special" friendship between the two countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) Parliamentary Conference in the ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra’ today.
"For India, Asean leadership and centrality is essential for peace and prosperity for the rapidly changing Indo-Pacific region," Sushma Swaraj said.
Addressing the Indian diaspora at the ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here, Swaraj reaffirmed India's commitment to ASEAN.
Sushma Swaraj arrived here today to inaugurate the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries.
Sushma Swaraj also said India intends to "remain engaged with China on the issue of trans-border rivers to safeguard our interest, including through an institutionalised expert-level mechanism which was established in 2006".
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