Sister Sally meets Swaraj in Vatican

Vatican City, Sep 4 (PTI) Missionaries of Charity SisterMary Sally, who was evacuated from conflict-torn Yemen earlierthis year by the Indian government, today met External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj here. "A special guest in Rome! Sister Sally, who was evacuatedout of Yemen by the Govt meets EAM @SushmaSwaraj," ExternalAffairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur,who is part of the Indian delegation, and Sister Mary PremaPierick, Superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, wasalso present on the occasion. Sister Sally, the Indian mother superior of an aid home inAden, where four nuns were killed and an Indian priest waskidnapped by gunmen, was evacuated from Yemen in March. Swaraj represented India at the canonisation ceremony ofMother Teresa at a mass in St Peter’s square here presidedover by Pope Francis in the presence of over 100,000 pilgrims. Swaraj arrived here earlier along with 12 others thatincluded two state-level delegations from Delhi and WestBengal led by Chief Ministers Arvind Kejriwal and MamataBanerjee respectively. PTI ASKASK