New Delhi: 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 in New Delhi on 23 June.
The meeting, the first of its kind, comes within a month of PM’s meeting with the leaders of India’s South Asian neighbours and aims to chart out concrete follow up plans with each South Asian neighbour within specfied timelines.
External Affairs Minister Smt Sushma Swaraj will chair all the sessions to take stock of the current state of play in India’s relations with each of our neighbours and set down the new Government’s priorities and approach.