Ravi Shankar Prasad led all-party delegation arrives in France

    Paris, May 25 (PTI) An all-party delegation led by BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad arrived in the French capital of Paris on Sunday evening, marking the first stop of their six-nation tour to convey India’s firm resolve against terrorism.
     The delegation, the seventh group in an international outreach initiative in the wake of Operation Sindoor, includes Daggubati Purandeswari, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Ghulam Ali Khatana, Dr Amar Singh, Samik Bhattacharya, M Thambidurai, former union minister M J Akbar, and Ambassador Pankaj Saran.
     The delegation, the seventh group in an international outreach initiative in the wake of Operation Sindoor, includes Daggubati Purandeswari, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Ghulam Ali Khatana, Amar Singh, Samik Bhattacharya, M. Thambidurai, former Union minister M J Akbar, and Ambassador Pankaj Saran.
    “An All Party 9-member delegation of eminent Parliamentarians and a distinguished former diplomat, led by Ravi Shankar Prasad, arrived in Paris today to convey India’s strong and clear stance against terrorism,” the Indian Embassy in France said in a post on X on Sunday.
    In a press statement, the embassy noted that during the course of their three-day visit, the delegation will engage with “members of the Senate and National Assembly, think tanks, media and a cross-section of the Indian diaspora”.
    The group is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with community groups, think tanks and parliamentarians in Paris before leaving for Italy and then onwards to cover other European destinations including the UK, Germany, and Denmark.
    “Together in the fight against terrorism. The seventh group of All Party delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has departed for 6-country visit,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said as the delegation departed from New Delhi earlier on Sunday.
    “The delegation will be visiting UK, France, Germany, EU, Italy and Denmark,” the MEA social media post added.
    As part of India’s diplomatic outreach, seven multi-party delegations are travelling to 33 global capitals to reach out to the international community on Pakistan’s designs and India’s response to terror, especially in view of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 people dead.
    India carried out precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the early hours of May 7 under Operation Sindoor, following which Pakistan attempted to attack the Indian military bases on May 8, 9, and 10. The Indian side responded strongly to the Pakistani actions.

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