New Delhi: A scheduled visit by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to strife-torn Syria next week has been deferred due to escalating tension in the country.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said fresh dates for her visit will be decided in consultation with the Syrian government. “The external affairs minister’s visit to Syria has been deferred due to the prevailing situation in that country. Fresh dates will be decided in mutual consultation with the Syrian side,” he said.
Swaraj was scheduled to visit Syria and Lebanon on a three-day visit from September 11. It would have been the first visit by an Indian external affairs minister to Syria after the civil war-like situation broke out in that country. (PTI)
