Sushma meets Joe Biden

July 23, 2013 15:23

Visiting US Vice President Joe Biden met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi today. Biden, who arrived in India on Monday on a four-day visit to India, earlier in the day, met his Indian counterpart Hamid Ansari.

The two leaders discussed matters of mutual interest and exchanged views on the issues of international and regional importance.Biden will also call on President Pranab Mukherjee and meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders to discuss the India-US engagement on a broad array of issues. He will also address staff at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.

Pic: Sushma Swaraj tweets her picture with Joe Biden.

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