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Sushma begins her Mongolia visit

Sushma begins her Mongolia visit

Ulaanbaatar, Apr 24 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday arrived in Mongolia on a two-day visit. She was received by Deputy Foreign Minister of Mongolia B Battsetseg. This is the first visit of an Indian External Affairs Minister to Mongolia in 42 years.
Ms. Swaraj is visiting Mongolia at the invitation of Damdin Tsogtbaatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia. During her visit, she 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. The last meeting of IMJCC was held in New Delhi in 2016.
Ms. Swaraj 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 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.

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