AN ALL-PARTY parliamentary delegation on Sunday visited the Indian Embassy in Seoul ahead of the engagements as part of India’s outreach on the fight against terror and “strengthenIndia-SouthKorea counter-terrorism cooperation” in view of Operation Sindoor. The delegation, ledby JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP SanjayKumar Jha, arrived here on Saturday. The Indian Embassy here said the delegation attended a briefing by Ambassador Amit Kumar, who “highlighted the Korean-specific approach to the scheduled engagements, setting the context for a strong messaging of India’s stance of zero tolerance against terrorism.”

 

“Wehadaconstructivemeeting with @KumarAmitMEA, Ambassador of India to the Republic ofKorea, focusing on strengthening bilateral cooperation,”saidJhainapost on X. Hehadearlierpostedanother message on X saying he was “honoured to be in the Land of MorningCalmwiththeall-party Indian delegation to strengthen India-South Korea counter-terrorism cooperation.” During the course of the visit,thedelegationwillengage with senior officials of the Republic ofKorea’s Ministry of ForeignAffairs,dignitariesfrom the National Assembly and senior representatives from prominent think tanks and media,accordingtotheIndian Embassy. The scheduled visit from till May 26 will strengthen the ongoing efforts to further India’sprincipled andresolute stanceofzerotoleranceagainst terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, the Embassy said in a press release.

 

The delegation is one of the seven multi-party delegations Indiahastaskedtovisit33global capitals to reach out to the international community on Pakistan’s designs and India’s response to terror. Besides Jha, the delegation comprises of MPs Aparajita Sarangi, Abhishek Banerjee, Brij Lal, John Brittas, Pradan Baruah,HemangJoshi, former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, and former ambassador ofIndia to France and Bahrain Mohan Kumar. All-party delegation led by NCP MP Supriya Sule arrives in Qatar AN ALL-PARTY parliamentary delegation led by NCP-SP leader Supriya Sule arrived in Qatar late Saturday as part of the Government’s outreach with the international communityonthefightagainstterror and on the significance of Operation Sindoor.

 

Apart from Sule, the working president of the NCP-SP, the delegation comprises BJP leaders Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Anurag Thakur and V Muraleedharan,Congressleaders Manish Tewari and Anand Sharma, TDP leader Lavu Sri KrishnaDevarayalu,AAPleader VikramjeetSinghSawhney,and former diplomat Syed Akbaruddin. It will also travel to South Africa, Ethiopia and Egypt. “Taking India’s strong message against terrorism to the world! A warm welcome to the multi-party delegation led by @Supriya_sule to Qatar. Ambassador@vipulifsreceived the delegation. @MEAIndia,” the Indian Embassy in Doha said on X. The post was shared by Ministry of External Affairs spokespersonRandhirJaiswal. Qatar is considered to wield influence in the West Asian region and has a role as a mediator in regional conflicts. The Sule-led group will then travel to South Africa, which holds the current G-20 Presidency and then head to Ethiopia, which is also the home to the African Union. All-party delegation arrives in Slovenia to boost India’s anti-terror diplomacy AN ALL-PARTY delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi KarunanidhiarrivedinSlovenia as part of India’s diplomatic outreach to reinforce its firm stanceagainstcross-borderterrorism.

 

The delegation was received by the Indian Ambassador to Slovenia Amit Narang. “‘TakingBharat’smessageto the world’. The all-Party delegation led Hon’ble MP Smt. @KanimozhiDMK arrived in Slovenia.Warmlywelcomedby Amb @Amit_Narang and Embassy officials,” the Indian embassy here said in a post on X. The delegation arrived in Slovenia after concluding its visit to Russia, where it held wide-ranging discussions to brief the stakeholders in“tried and tested” friend Russia on Operation Sindoor. The group, which includes Rajiv Rai of SP, Mian Altaf Ahmad of NC, Capt Brijesh Chowta of BJP, Prem Chand GuptaofRJD,andAmbassador JawedAshraf,isalsoscheduled to travel to Greece, Latvia and Spain.