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Sushma Swaraj to arrive at UN for general assembly session
Published : Sep 17, 2017, 12:04 pm IST
Updated : Sep 17, 2017, 12:04 pm IST
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UN: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will arrive at the United Kingdom on Sunday to represent India at the annual UN General Assembly session with a paked schedule of diplomacy among an aray of world leaders. 


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Outlining India's goals that the minister will pursue at the session, New Delhi's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin on Saturday said: "Our agenda is broad, forward-looking, expansive, has objectives which are global in nature, and goals which we have been pursuing for some time." 


The formal meetings will begin on Monday with a summit convened by US President Donald Trump to discuss reforming the UN, where she will participate on behalf of India. 

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The formal round of addresses by the leaders of the 193 member nations will take place on Tuesday. Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to speak on Saturday. 


Sushma Swaraj will also participate at several meetings of regional and specialised groups like the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the non-aligned movement, G4 made up of India, Brazil, Germany and Japan to lobby for Security Council expansion, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and G77 group of developing nations. 

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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is also attending the session. 


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The ministry spokesman said that while no formal meetings have been set between him or other Pakistani officials and Sushma Swaraj, they will be at the SAARC and G77 meetings. China will be represented only at the Foreign Minister's level.

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