Sushma to meet India's envoys from China, Pak
, June 23, 2014 12:17 amNew Delhi : In tune with its initiative to improve ties with neighbours, government has summoned heads of Indian Missions in these countries including China and Pakistan for a day-long conclave today aimed at charting out 'concrete follow-up plan' with each country within specified timelines.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will chair all the sessions of the conclave – the first of its kind – where she will take stock of the current state of play in India's relations with each of the neighbouring countries and set down the new government's priorities and approach.
"Following up on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic initiative to invite leaders of SAARC
countries and Mauritius to his swearing in ceremony, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh has summoned
all Indian Heads of Mission in the neighbourhood for a day-long conclave here tomorrow," official sources said.
They said the conclave is aimed at charting out concrete follow-up plans with each South Asian neighbour within 'specified timelines'.
Head of Mission in Mauritius has also been asked to attend the conclave which comes within a month of the Prime Minister's meeting with the leaders of India's South Asian neighbours.
Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh has summoned all Indian heads of mission in the South Asian neighbourhood.
This comes as a follow-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic initiative to invite leaders of the SAARC countries and Mauritius to his swearing-in ceremony last month.
The meeting of the envoys, the first of its kind, comes within a month of Modi's meeting with leaders of India's South Asian neighbours and aims to chart out concrete follow-up plans with each South Asian neighbour within specified timelines.
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