Question : Visits by Foreign Dignitaries

(a) the details of visits by foreign dignitaries to India during the last six months;

(b) the issues on which deliberations were held with them;

(c) whether any bilateral agreements were signed;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) the details of visits undertaken by the Prime Minister as well as External Affairs Minister during the above period;

(f) the details of discussions held and the outcome thereof; and

(g) the steps taken by the Government to further improve the relations with these countries?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
[SHRI V MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) to (d) Information is placed at Annexure I.

(e) to (g) Information is placed at Annexure-II.

Outcome: High level visits are an important means by which nations serve their national interests and implement their foreign policy objectives. Visits by dignitaries enable enhanced understanding of India’s perspectives on regional and global issues among foreign partners at the highest level.

These visits and the understandings reached therein enable India to strengthen relations with partner countries across a wide range of sectors including health cooperation particularly combating Covid-19 pandemic, trade & investment, technology and defence collaboration. Such outcomes also contribute to India’s national development agenda to promote economic growth and well being of our people.

At the multilateral level, India is increasingly contributing to shaping the global agenda on an array of cross-cutting issues such as global, regional and bilateral efforts in combating Covid-19 pandemic; climate change, trans-national crime & terrorism, cyber security & nuclear non-proliferation, while also offering the world India’s own unique solutions to global partners for addressing global issues, like the International Solar Alliance and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.

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