Jaishankar to visit Australia, Philippines from February 10-15: MEA
The Hindu
Jaishankar’s visit to Australia from February 10 to 13 will be his first trip to that country as External Affairs Minister
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will begin a six-day visit to Australia and the Philippines beginning February 10.
His visit to Australia from February 10 to 13 will be his first trip to that country as External Affairs Minister.
The visit to the Philippines from February 13 to 15 comes over two weeks after the Southeast Asian country signed a $375 million deal (one million is equal to ₹10 lakh) with India to buy three batteries of the BrahMos cruise missile.
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