Sushma Swaraj leads delegation for Mother Teresa's canonisation

September 02, 2016 19:03

A 12-member delegation led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today left for Rome to attend the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa on Sunday.

During her three-day visit, Ms Swaraj will also hold bilateral talks with her Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni, which will be the first high-level contact between the two countries after the United Nations tribunal's verdict of the return of Italian marines charged with murdering two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012.

Apart from the central government delegation, two state government-level delegations from Delhi and West Bengal led by Chief Ministers Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee respectively also left for Rome to attend the ceremony.

Ms Swaraj's delegation will comprise Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Lok Sabha MPs Professor K V Thomas, Jose K Mani, Anto Anthony and Conrad K Sangma and Goa Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza.

Others include Judge of Supreme Court Justice Kurian Joseph, eminent lawyer Harish Salve, Secretary General of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India Theodore Mascarenhas and K J Alphons.

Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs Sujata Mehta will also be part of the delegation.

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