The Centre spent Rs 1.79 crore in the last two months over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign visits to seven nations between May and July, which included the high profile visits to the US and France.
Under 'Operation Kaveri', 328 more Indians landed at the New Delhi International Airport from strife-torn Sudan on Tuesday night. Nearly 3,000 stranded Indians have reached India till now.
Terrorism and transnational crime remain one of the foremost challenges to regional peace and prosperity: Sanjay Verma, Secretary, West, in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Arindam Bagchi further said that an announcement will be made if there is a change in the plan regarding scheduled G20 meetings. Notably, India assumed the G20 presidency on December
On September 23, the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States held a meeting in New York.
Apart from India and Afghanistan, Russia has invited Iran, China, Pakistan, the US and Central Asian countries to the Moscow meet.
Amarinder said the Punjab government had, time and again, requested the Indian government to take up with the Pakistan government the issue of opening a corridor from the international border to Kartarpur Sahib.
The US was aware of New Delhi’s position that Iran was critical for India to meet its energy needs and sustain its economic growth, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said at a media briefing.
"India is closely following the recent political developments in Sri Lanka," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveeh Kumar said in response to queries from the media.
A statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi said the first trilateral meeting between India, Afghanistan and Iran of the coordination council of the Chabahar Agreement took place in Tehran.
