Sushma Swaraj to visit Mongolia on Apr 25
New Delhi, Apr 20 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj will visit Mongolia from Apr 25-26 at the invitation of Damdin Tsogtbaatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, read an official statement.
This will be EAM’s first visit to Mongolia.
The last visit of Indian External Affairs Minister to Mongolia was 42 years ago, read the statement.
During her visit, EAM will co-chair the 6th round of India-Mongolia Joint Consultative Committee (IMJCC) meeting with Foreign Minister Tsogtbaatar, covering a range of issues including, inter alia, political, strategic, economic, educational and cultural ties, read the statement issued by the MEA.
The last meeting of IMJCC was held in New Delhi in 2016.
"During her visit, EAM will also deliver the keynote address at the Kushok Bakula Birth Centenary Celebrations in Ulaanbaatar commemorating the birth anniversary of Late Venerable Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, a highly revered Buddhist leader and monk from Ladakh, India and a former Ambassador of India to Mongolia. Bakula Rinpoche as the longest serving Indian Ambassador to Mongolia, made seminal contribution to promotion of India-Mongolia ties," read the statement.
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