Tirumurti hosts Yoga event at UN building in New York
India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador TS Tirumurti on Tuesday hosted the event at the North lawns under the UN Building.
India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador TS Tirumurti on Tuesday hosted the event at the North lawns under the UN Building.
Tirumurti met US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Australian Ambassador Mitch Fifield, and Japanese Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane.
All four nations find a common ground of being democratic nations and common interests of unhindered maritime trade and security.
India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti received External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New York on Wednesday (local time).
India's ambassador to United Nations, TS Tirumurti on Sunday (local time) expressed grief over the sudden death of India's Representative at Ramallah, Mukul Arya.
"We have created India-Central Asia Dialogue platform for strengthening cooperation between India and the Central Asian countries," added Tirumurti.
Given our predominant role in peacekeeping, India gave UN peacekeeping a strong focus in the last year, Tirumurti said.
The move was blocked by five members of the UNSC which includes two non-permanent and three P5 member nations.
Over the last 70 years, more than 160 Indian military, police and civilian personnel have lost their lives while serving in UN peacekeeping missions around the world, the highest total from any troop contributing country.
Tirumurti, an IFS officer of 1985, will replace Syed Akbaruddin, who is retiring. Tirumurti, a former High Commissioner to Malaysia, has served in the Foreign Secretary’s office and was one of India’s representatives to the Palestinian territories in the 1990s.
