Sushma Swaraj Statement

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday made a strong statement on terrorism threatening peace and stability in South Asia at a meeting of SAARC ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Regional cooperation in South Asia is not possible without an environment of peace and security, said the minister.

Rahul Gandhi today attacked Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj over her statement in parliament yesterday on the Doklam standoff with China. The face-off was resolved through "diplomatic maturity" and there was "not an iota of change" in status quo on the ground, Sushma Swaraj had said in the Lok Sabha.

The India-China face-off in Doklam was resolved through "diplomatic maturity without losing any ground" and status quo has been maintained, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

In a statement, the US embassy here said the partnership between the two countries was a major strategic priority for the Trump Administration and that it remained firmly committed to a strong relationship with India.

In his first response to the Facebook data scandal, Rahul Gandhi today accused the government of "inventing" stories on the Congress's involvement to divert attention from the controversy following Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's statement on the killing of 39 Indians in Iraq. The Congress president also took a swipe at the media for "biting the b...

All the 39 Indians, who were abducted by ISIS in Iraq nearly three years back, were killed and their bodies have been recovered, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. As many as 40 Indians were originally abducted by terrorist organisation ISIS in June 2015 from Mosul in Iraq but one of them escaped by posing as a Muslim from Ban...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was today unable to make an elaborate statement in the Lok Sabha on the 39 Indians killed in Iraq due to ruckus created by slogan-shouting members.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of 39 Indians in Iraq and said that the government stands in solidarity with the bereaved families. Sushma Swaraj had earlier in the day made a statement in Rajya Sabha declaring that the 39 Indians kidnapped in Iraq by ISIS were confirmed to be dead. Protests by opposition members halted ...

Two days after his mother and wife met Kulbhushan Yadav, who is facing a death sentence in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj hit out at Pakistan in the parliament today saying that the country "used the emotional moment between a mother and her son, and a wife and her husband after a period of 22 months, to further its propaganda."

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj gave a statement about Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav's family visiting him in Pakistan and the way they were treated there. She delivered her statement in the Rajya Sabha. She is to deliver a statement in the Lok Sabha later in the day.

Kulbhushan Jadhav was forced to see his mother and wife in the form of "widows", without their mangalsutra, bindi and bangles, when they met in Islamabad, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said in a stinging statement in parliament on the way the family was treated in Pakistan. "The first question that Kulbhushan Jadhav asked his mother during their m...

The government will make a statement in parliament tomorrow on the treatment of Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife and mother in Pakistan, said Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, amid outrage and condemnation in both houses.

For the three years that she has been foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj has steered clear of making political statements and used her Twitter handle to speak on India's foreign policy or help Indians stranded across the world who send her SOS messages. This week, she appeared to make an exception. Or was it in jest.

In a dramatic statement, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today said that terror groups in Pakistan are now threatening the stability and security of the government. In a joint press statement with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, Mr Tillerson said, "There are too many terror organisations that find a safe haven in Pakistan....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has ruled out any new window of opportunity for NRIs or people of Indian-origin to deposit their high value Indian currency which was declared illegal after the demonetisation policy, a statement said on Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday made a strong statement on terrorism threatening peace and stability in South Asia at a meeting of SAARC ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Regional cooperation in South Asia is not possible without an environment of peace and security, said the minister.

Rahul Gandhi today attacked Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj over her statement in parliament yesterday on the Doklam standoff with China. The face-off was resolved through "diplomatic maturity" and there was "not an iota of change" in status quo on the ground, Sushma Swaraj had said in the Lok Sabha.

The India-China face-off in Doklam was resolved through "diplomatic maturity without losing any ground" and status quo has been maintained, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

In a statement, the US embassy here said the partnership between the two countries was a major strategic priority for the Trump Administration and that it remained firmly committed to a strong relationship with India.

In his first response to the Facebook data scandal, Rahul Gandhi today accused the government of "inventing" stories on the Congress's involvement to divert attention from the controversy following Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's statement on the killing of 39 Indians in Iraq. The Congress president also took a swipe at the media for "biting the b...

All the 39 Indians, who were abducted by ISIS in Iraq nearly three years back, were killed and their bodies have been recovered, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. As many as 40 Indians were originally abducted by terrorist organisation ISIS in June 2015 from Mosul in Iraq but one of them escaped by posing as a Muslim from Ban...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was today unable to make an elaborate statement in the Lok Sabha on the 39 Indians killed in Iraq due to ruckus created by slogan-shouting members.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of 39 Indians in Iraq and said that the government stands in solidarity with the bereaved families. Sushma Swaraj had earlier in the day made a statement in Rajya Sabha declaring that the 39 Indians kidnapped in Iraq by ISIS were confirmed to be dead. Protests by opposition members halted ...

Two days after his mother and wife met Kulbhushan Yadav, who is facing a death sentence in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj hit out at Pakistan in the parliament today saying that the country "used the emotional moment between a mother and her son, and a wife and her husband after a period of 22 months, to further its propaganda."

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj gave a statement about Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav's family visiting him in Pakistan and the way they were treated there. She delivered her statement in the Rajya Sabha. She is to deliver a statement in the Lok Sabha later in the day.

Kulbhushan Jadhav was forced to see his mother and wife in the form of "widows", without their mangalsutra, bindi and bangles, when they met in Islamabad, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said in a stinging statement in parliament on the way the family was treated in Pakistan. "The first question that Kulbhushan Jadhav asked his mother during their m...

The government will make a statement in parliament tomorrow on the treatment of Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife and mother in Pakistan, said Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, amid outrage and condemnation in both houses.

For the three years that she has been foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj has steered clear of making political statements and used her Twitter handle to speak on India's foreign policy or help Indians stranded across the world who send her SOS messages. This week, she appeared to make an exception. Or was it in jest.

In a dramatic statement, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today said that terror groups in Pakistan are now threatening the stability and security of the government. In a joint press statement with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, Mr Tillerson said, "There are too many terror organisations that find a safe haven in Pakistan....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has ruled out any new window of opportunity for NRIs or people of Indian-origin to deposit their high value Indian currency which was declared illegal after the demonetisation policy, a statement said on Tuesday.