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St. Pious School. St Francis College Hyd. Hyd Cent Univ. Indian Diplomat. Ambassador to Italy. Hyderabadi. Views personal. RTs not endorsements.
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It was a privilege to call on the President of Italy, H.E.Sergio Mattarella for an enriching discussion about elevating India-Italy Strategic Partnership.
@MEAIndia
@IndiainItaly
@ItalyinIndia
Il Presidente
#Mattarella
ha ricevuto le Lettere Credenziali dei nuovi Ambasciatori di Nepal🇳🇵, Thailandia 🇹🇭, Guinea 🇬🇳, Lettonia 🇱🇻, India 🇮🇳, Andorra 🇦🇩
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Privileged to receive two VIPs at work today ! Parents dropped in to figure out why their daughter spends long hours at work and what diplomats do. Not sure if they understood 😀
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MEA team from Delhi and diplomats from our Embassy in Washington D.C at work during PM’s visit to USA- negotiating Joint Statements issued after PM-POTUS meeting and Quad Leaders’ Summit
@IndianEmbassyUS
@IndianDiplomacy
@indiandiplomats
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What happens behind scenes in MEA for an event like Quad Leaders Summit ?
- Prep mtngs, PPTs & folders
- Inter-Ministerial consultations
- Coordination with concerned Embassies
- Drafting documents😅
- Negotiating outcome documents
- Hard work & team spirit !
@indiandiplomats
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Privileged to call on the Hon’ble President of India and receive a Letter of Credentials as India’s Ambassador to Italy. Will strive to further strengthen growing India-Italy relations.
@rashtrapatibhvn
@MEAIndia
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Countdown has begun with one month to go for Prime Minister’s visit to USA ! Here are some members of the India-US team working on the visit.
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Pleasure to meet Canada’s High Commissioner-designate to India, Ambassador Cameron MacKay. Welcomed him to South Block and wished him the very best as he assumes charge. Look forward to working with him and his team 🇮🇳🇨🇦
@HCCanInd
@CanadainIndia
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Privileged to be in
#IndianForeignService
and
#ServingTheNation
. Honoured to represent rising India either abroad or
@MEAIndia
, Delhi
@IndianDiplomacy
@indiandiplomats
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US-India-RoK agree to commence an informal trilateral Technology Dialogue led by respective National Security Councils. Dialogue will focus on critical and emerging technologies. Launch in first quarter of 2024.
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After six weeks of living out of suitcases, four flights from Helsinki-Delhi and quarantine, we moved to what will be home for a few years in Delhi. The best part ? This view; and batch-mates & diplomat colleagues as neighbours 😀
@indiandiplomats
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Out batch completes 26 years today as diplomats ! Coming from different states & backgrounds,, traversing the globe for postings, meeting in Delhi, the camaraderie grows with years.
@indiandiplomats
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Leaving Finland today after three years, with great memories, unforgettable moments, and having made many new friends. Looking forward to a new chapter of life and work in Delhi.
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One for memories !
Two
@indiandiplomats
who served as Secretary (East) in MEA
#PreetiSaran
#VijayThakurSingh
and
@rivagdas
who is holding that post now
#womenindiplomacy
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A much younger me in 2012 with then President Shimon Peres during my posting in
#Israel
. On the right - Ambassador
@NavtejSarna
.
#IndiaIsraelAt30
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Congratulations
@dcmanjunath
on your promotion as Joint Secretary ! This is a milestone - our best wishes as you move to Head a Division in MEA
@indiandiplomats
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In Washington D.C with colleagues from Ministry of Defence for the 2+2 Inter-sessional review meeting with US counterparts. Catching up with batch mate
@ranganathan_sr
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Congratulations Ambassador Garcetti !! The credential ceremony today was a very memorable occasion.
I am deeply honored to present my credentials to President Droupadi Murmu today
@RashtrapatiBhvn
. Thank you to the Government of India for your close and fruitful partnership with the United States. I’m excited to deepen
#USIndia
ties as we work together on defining issues of our…
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Privileged to serve the nation as a diplomat and the opportunity to work with the finest colleagues and foreign counterparts.
@indiandiplomats
#IFSDay
#IndianForeignService
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Americas Division bids a fond farewell to
@PrernaShahi4
, Deputy Secretary, who is moving to Washington D.C. for her next assignment.
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See India’s Ambassadors to USA featured in a photo gallery in the Embassy of India in Washington D.C. The list includes Who’s who of Indian diplomacy !
@indiandiplomats
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Visited the very impressive and new premesis of the US Consulate in Hyderabad. Complimented Jennifer Larson
@USCGHyderabad
on the enhanced operational capacity & excellent design.
@USAndIndia
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My brother-in-law Commodore Srinivas superannuated after serving 33 years as a submariner in the Indian Navy. Featured in pics - my very Fauji sister and niece.
@indiannavy
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Postings & transfers are a part of life for diplomats. But it is always tough to bid farewell to friends and batch-mates. Good luck in
#Geneva
@anupamifs
!
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Thank you for the excellent partnership with Australia as we strengthened our Quad engagement. Wishing you the very best in your next posting.
PS: Australian diplomats are very impressive and dynamic !
Less than a week until my 🇮🇳posting concludes😢. One of the many highlights has been working closely with some of
@MEAIndia
’s exceedingly talented diplomats - among the best across my 28-year diplomatic career - in driving fwd 🇦🇺🇮🇳 ties with passion, professionalism & alacrity.
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Bid farewell to US Embassy’s Charge d’ Affaires Ambassador Elizabeth Jones & Minister (Consular) Donald Heflin on completion of their assignments in India. Appreciated their cooperation, friendship & professionalism during a hectic period of 🇮🇳🇺🇸ties.
@USAndIndia
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Bidding farewell to Deirdre Kent, Canadian Charge d’Affaires & Deputy High Commissioner
@DKentCAN
who is leaving India for her next diplomatic assignment. Thank you for the partnership and good luck !
@CanadainIndia
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#InternationalWomensDay
Kudos to my fantastic colleagues dealing with US & Canada. Confident, bright and thorough professionals - Shruti Pandey
@devika_lal
@PrernaShahi4
#womenpower
@indiandiplomats
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Paying tribute to former External Affairs Minister Smt Sushma Swaraj ji on her birth anniversary. Cherish 3 years I worked in Diaspora Division under her guidance, revamping policies & programs. Pic - receiving in July 2017 letter of appointment as Amb to Finland.
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Excellent meeting with US Consul Generals based in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata & Hyderabad. Exchanged notes about our respective efforts to deepen 🇮🇳🇺🇸relations.
@USAndIndia
@USAndMumbai
@USAndHyderabad
@USAndKolkata
@USAndChennai
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Engaging discussion with
@USAmbKeshap
on taking forward India-US business & tech collaborations. Appreciate proactive efforts by
@USIBC
in enriching the 🇮🇳🇺🇸strategic partnership.
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Extremely grateful to fantastic colleagues in Americas Division for their professionalism, hard work and camaraderie ! Your support and dedication were crucial as we navigated a crucial phase together as Team AMS.
Team AMS bids farewell to its leader. Additional Secretary
@VaniRao1
guided the India-US relationship through the most exciting times. Her contribution to this partnership will always be remembered. Privileged to work with her and learn from her. Bon Voyage Ma’am.
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South Block enveloped in a thick blanket of fog as we came to work this morning. Visibility 230 m:
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Appreciate the partnership and support of our 🇺🇸 friends and counterparts based in India and the U.S.
#Thanksgiving
.
@USAndIndia
@State_SCA
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Intricate
#Kantha
saris or the rich hues of
#Kanjivarams
- it is a pleasure to be draped in and showcase India’s incredible variety of handlooms
#Vocal4Handmade
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Greetings and wishes filled with hope for 2021. A tough year is behind us and hopefully better times ahead. As diplomats we worked throughout COVID, initially in virtual mode now back in office adapting to the new normal 😷! Waiting for vaccines and return to pre-Covid life 🤞🏼
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#NationalHandloomDay
. I loved showcasing our beautiful traditional weaves for formal diplomatic events abroad. My favorites here:
#Kanjivaram
and
#Benares
. Pics from Helsinki, early 2020.
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2023 was an intense & very productive year for India-U.S. engagement. Some highlights:
- Launch of iCET, Jan
- PM’s State visit to US, June
- President Biden’s visit for G20, Sept
- 2+2 Dialogue Nov
- Critical technologies as a key driver
Watch excellent recap video
As we embark on 2024, let’s recap the achievements and highlights of 2023 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 partnership.
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Honor to have the opportunity of representing our nation 🇮🇳. Grateful for the camaraderie and friendships in India & abroad. Incredible journey with
#indianforeignservice
@indiandiplomats
sr
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Statement by President Joseph Biden on the occasion of India’s 75th Independence Day
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Glad to have on board Mahesh Kumar
@MaheshIFS
as Director in Americas Division. He hit the ground running !.
Here is Mahesh receiving and seeing off US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate John Kerry
@ClimateEnvoy
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Miss those days when she held my hand and sported pig tails ! She grew up so quickly to become a confident, bubbly young lady navigating life admirably. Proud of her on
#DaughtersDay
and everyday
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3rd India-Australia-Japan-USA Ministerial Meeting today
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Will miss my friend & dear colleague Anju. She was a warm, friendly, cheerful & strong person. As a diplomat she was a professional, hardworking & well-liked. RIP Dr Anju Kumar. You are an inspiration to many ! Pic 2019, Helsinki- Anju visited as Joint Secy, Central Europe.
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Director (Americas)
@dcmanjunath
and US Embassy Health Attache Preetha Rajaraman receiving US Covid assistance of Remdesivir vials
#IndiaFightsCorona
#USIndiaDosti
🇮🇳🇺🇸
The American people stand united with India in the fight against COVID-19! Today, 125,000 vials of the antiviral drug Remdesivir arrived from the U.S. -the 4th relief shipment- and there are more life-saving supplies on the way. Thanks
@USAID
and
@HHSGov
for coord!
#USIndiaDosti
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Team Americas Division bid a fond farewell to our colleague Director
@MaheshIFS
who is moving to Johannesburg as Consul General. Thank you Mahesh & wish you the very best in
@indiainjoburg
.
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We are just doing our job 🙏
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My father Dharmapuram Maruthi Mohan. My pillar of strength & inspiration. Studied in Gooty village, Anantapur now in AP. PhD from Roorkee after 3 kids. Engineer & expert in water & waste water mangmt. They dont make them like him anymore.
#FathersDay
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Taking a break after a very intense and hectic year at work ! Attending a traditional wedding in Hyderabad, with Covid protocols
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First Quad Leaders’ Virtual Summit to take place on 12 March 2021. Press Release by Ministry of External Affairs India.
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Bidding farewell to Under Secretary Rishi Kant who is moving on to his next assignment. Glad to spend time with the team on
#ThanksgivingDay
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Kudos to my friend, Australian Deputy High Commissioner in Delhi for draping a sari so elegantly !
A coincidence of green with
#Quad
Sous Sherpa Rao at the
@VibrantGujarat
curtain raiser for Heads of Mission
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Quad Senior Officials Meeting held today. See MEA, India Press Release here :
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Prime Minister’s visit to USA and Egypt
Press Release issued
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Great to catch up with my US counterpart Donald Lu in Washington D.C.
@State_SCA
@ranganathan_sr
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Enjoyed interacting with high school students in Anajipuram village. Spoke about
@indiandiplomats
& their work. Touched to learn about their hopes for a bright future. Encouraged them to consider career options other than software engineer & doctor !
@PamelaSatpathy
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Excellent discussions on foreign policy issues at Heads of Missions Conference. Enjoyed the camaraderie & company of colleagues and batch-mates from across the world
@indiandiplomats
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150 oak trees were planted in
#Turku
city in
#Finland
in 2019 to mark 150th anniversary of
#MahatmaGandhi
. A most memorable event during my posting - thanks to proactive Indian community &
@cityofturku
. These are recent pics of trees.
@AmbKoukkuRonde
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My mother, Shobhavathi, a Graduate who chose to be a home maker.
Most selfless person & best cook I know.
Learnt from her about motherhood.
Imbibed values & discipline from her.
Instilled love of music & nature.
Owe everything I have to her.
#HappyMothersDay
Amma
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A friend requested me to post this plea for a
#PLASMA
donor for a COVID Patient in
#Faridabad
Hemant Kumar, 42 yrs
Asian Hospital Sector 21 Faridabad
Contact person: Ms Jeevan Jyoti- 09212151411
Please contact them directly 🙏
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Prime Minister’s departure statement ahead of his visit to USA and Egypt
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AMS (Americas) Division bid farewell to four officers and welcomed their successors. Thank you Rachita, Ramkumar, Praveen and Raju for working through COVID. Good luck for your next assignments !
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Great to back home in
#Hyderabad
.
In quarantine at hotel.
View of quiet streets usually bustling with traffic & people.
In Covid era - am closer to near & dear ones
In same time zone finally !
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India’s inclusion in the plurilateral Minerals Security Partnership was an outcome of our PM’s visit to US in June this year
@IndianEmbassyUS
@USAndIndia
Secretary,
@MinesMinIndia
attending the 4th Minerals Security Partnership Principals' meeting at the London Metal Exchange today.
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Joint Readout
Issued after Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New York today
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Joined colleagues in Americas Division to bid a virtual farewell to
@SudhakarDalela
Deputy Chief of Mission in our Embassy in Washington D.C. Thanked him for his support & seamless cooperation. Wish you the very best as Ambassador to Bhutan
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Bidding farewell to US Cd’A
@edgardkagan
, who is leaving after 4 action packed & eventful years of 🇮🇳🇺🇸relations. On behalf of AMS Division in MEA, thank you & good luck for your next assignment in US NSC.
@USAmbIndia
@State_SCA
Note: Masks removed only for pic
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Rishi Kant, Under Secretary from AMS Division, MEA received Covid assistance from Province of
#Ontario
in
#Canada
.
🇮🇳🇨🇦
Continuing cooperation with our Strategic Partner. A shipment of 500 ventilators arrives from Canada. Grateful to the Provincial Government of Ontario, Canada for this generous donation.
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Wishing everyone a joyous and festive Deepavali with family and friends
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Amb Dinkar Srivastava, retired IFS officer 1978 batch presented a copy of his book “Forgotten
#Kashmir
-The Other side of the Line of Control”. Look forward to reading it.
@indiandiplomats
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In Canada with Secretary (East)
@AmbSaurabhKumar
, High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, Consul General in Toronto
@_apoorvasri
, Consul General in Vancouver, Manish Kumar & other colleagues
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Appreciate the role and proactive efforts of
@USISPForum
in India and the US in deepening commercial ties. Share your optimism and enthusiasm as both countries build technology collaborations.
USISPF bid farewell and honoured Ambassador
@VaniRao1
, Ministry of External Affairs, as she embarks on her new journey as India's Ambassador to Italy.
Grateful for her impactful role in strengthening US-India ties. Special thanks to Ambassador
@NavtejSarna
, General…
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Opening remarks by the four Leaders at the Quad Meeting in Hiroshima short while ago.
🇮🇳🇺🇸🇯🇵🇦🇺
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AMS Division bidding a fond farewell to colleagues who are moving for postings abroad. Thank you Vishal Das and Abhinav Kumar ! Wish you the very best always
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#HappyThanksgiving
to our American counterparts and friends in India & USA.
Thank you for the partnership, friendship and solidarity !
@USAndIndia
@State_SCA
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Inaugural meeting of India-US Strategic Trade Dialogue was held in Washington D.C yesterday. Here is press release issued on conclusion of this Dialogue
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After three years as Ambassador of India to Finland and Estonia, I am looking forward to joining the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi in July. Good to be back home too !!
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Recently visited the
#9
/11 Memorial in New York. Tall building is Freedom Tower, the new One World Trade Centre. Today is 20 years since that terror attack.
#911Anniversary
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Memories from travelling in pre-Covid times !
#WorldPhotographyDay
Girona,
#Spain
Red Square,
#Moscow
Ivalo, in Arctic Finland
Brandenburg Gate,
#Berlin
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These striking red and huge flowers of silk cotton or Bombax tree stand out in our farm and can be spotted from afar.
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Kudos to
@GatewayHouseIND
and
@CIGIonline
for an excellent Track 1.5 India-Canada Dialogue yesterday. Evident that 🇮🇳🇨🇦need to engage in such conversations regularly
Delighted to participate in the third India-Canada Track 1.5 Dialogue with my counterpart FM
@FP_Champagne
. Both of us expressed confidence in the further growth of our bilateral relationship. Underlined how closely India and Canada are cooperating in global affairs.
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Catching up on a sunny day in Helsinki ! Thank you Nina Vaskunlahti, Under Secretary of State - it was great to work with you during your term as Ambassador of Finland in Delhi. Kiitos 🙏
@Ulkoministerio
@IndEmbFinEst
@FinlandinIndia
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Farewells are a time to celebrate work we did together & raise a toast to professionalism of friends in Foreign Ministry of Finland. Look forward to seeing you in Delhi 🇮🇳🇫🇮
@PirittaAsunmaa
@HarriKamarainen
@titta_maja
@AmbKoukkuRonde
&
#AriTasanen
@Ulkoministerio
@FinlandinIndia
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Thank you for the melodious gesture ! Awesome rendition of Vande Mataram by your talented team.
Happy 74th Republic Day, India! We are celebrating
#RepublicDay
with a rendition of 🇮🇳 national song Vande Mataram! US Officers Raghavan (flute) & Stephanie (guitar) team up with
@pavithra_chari
, singer featured on a 2023
#GRAMMYs
nominated album & a
@StateDept
@1beatmusic
alum!
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@USAndIndia
Thank you US Embassy for the warm greetings, 🇮🇳🇱🇷 friendship and partnership !
#India
@75
@IndianDiplomacy
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Visit of External Affairs Minister to USA Sept 22-30. After meetings at UNGA in New York, EAM will visit Washington D.C. 27-30 Sept for meetings with Antony Blinken, Secy of State, senior members of U.S. Admn, US business leaders & think tanks.
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On
#TeachersDay
, fondly remembering my alma maters & teachers in St.Pius Girls High School, St. Francis College &
#Hyderabad
Central Univ. Memorable visit to my school in 2018 after decades to speak about
@indiandiplomats
& what we do !
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