Sushma Swaraj reaches Abu Dhabi to address OIC conclave

Swaraj will address the plenary of the two-day 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the 57-member body

Current Affairs: Outside Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday came to Abu Dhabi to go to a gathering of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as a Guest of Honor.

"Perceiving India's commitment with the Islamic world. EAM Sushma Swaraj touches base in Abu Dhabi for the Ministerial Meeting of India has been welcomed by HH Sheik Abdullah container Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of UAE as the 'Visitor of Honor'," tweeted Ministry of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj.

Swaraj will address the whole of the two-day 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the 57-part body. She has been welcomed by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah receptacle Zayed Al Nahyan to address the OIC meeting.

Swaraj, will's identity going to as a 'Visitor of Honor' in spite of Pakistan's protests, will underscore India's long and recorded association with the OIC part nations, sources said on Thursday.
India thinks about its reciprocal ties with the UAE as crucial, the sources said.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has compromised to blacklist the OIC meet if Swaraj partook.

Prior to Swaraj's flight, Sheik Mohamed canister Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to talk about the ongoing improvements and encouraged the requirement for resumption of discourse between the two nations Read More


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