Minister Jaishankar inaugurates Indian Embassy in Paraguay

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pti-PTI

Asuncion,
Aug
23:
External
Affairs
Minister
S
Jaishankar
jointly
inaugurated
the
new
Indian
Embassy
here
in
Paraguay
with
his
counterpart
Julio
Cesar
Arriola,
expressing
confidence
that
this
new
resident
mission
will
take
the
bilateral
relations
to
greater
heights.

Jaishankar,
who
is
on
his
first-ever
official
visit
to
South
America
aimed
at
boosting
overall
bilateral
ties
with
the
region,
is
also
the
first
Indian
Foreign
Minister
to
visit
Paraguay,
coinciding
with
the
60th
anniversary
of
the
establishment
of
diplomatic
relations
between
the
two
countries.

“Jointly
inaugurated
the
new
Indian
Embassy
in
Paraguay
with
FM
Julio
Cesar
Arriola.
Thank
Minister
of
Interior
@FedericoA_GF
for
his
presence.
A
reiteration
of
our
strong
bilateral
relationship
and
our
long-standing
multilateral
cooperation,”
Jaishankar
tweeted
on
Tuesday.

External
Affairs
Min
Jaishankar
unveils
Mahatma
Gandhi’s
bust
in
Paraguay

“Confident
that
this
new
resident
mission
will
take
the
India-Paraguay
relations
to
greater
heights,”
he
tweeted.
The
Indian
Embassy
in
Paraguay
began
functioning
from
January
this
year.
The
establishment
of
a
resident
Indian
Embassy
will
spur
an
expansion
of
the
economic
engagement
between
the
two
countries.
Trade
and
investment
will
be
the
focus
of
the
bilateral
activities,
he
said
on
Monday.