August 17, 2026 03:24 am (IST)
Sushma Swaraj in Seoul for joint commission meeting
Seoul, Dec 28 (IBNS) External Affairs Minster Sushma Swaraj is visiting South Korean capital Seoul to take part in the India-South Korea Joint Commission meeting.
While in Korea she is also meeting the Indian community there.
Swaraj is travelling in Seoul from Dec 28 to 30 for the Eighth Session of the India-Republic of Korea Joint Commission Meeting. She is co-chairing the Joint Commission along with her counterpart the Korean Foreign Minister Mr. Yun Byung-se.
Apart from that she will call on the President of the Republic of Korea Madam Park Geun-hye. She will have meetings with the Minister of National Defence, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, the National Security Advisor, and leading Korean industrialists.
This is the first structured multi-stakeholder discussion between the Government of India, after the change of the Government in India, and the Republic of Korea. The Indian Delegation, therefore, have representatives from the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Shipping, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Electronics, apart from the Ministry of External Affairs.
India and the Republic of Korea have a friction-free relationship.
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