Sushma Swaraj meets Ivanka Trump, they discuss women's empowerment
Swaraj also met with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.? An external affairs ministry spokesman later said Swaraj's meeting with the 'Bangladesh PM was a courtesy meeting' and that the 'issue of (the) Rohingyas did not come up during it'.? Photograph:( ANI )
India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, met with Ivanka Trump.
Swaraj and the US President's daughter, a spokesman for the external affairs ministry said, discussed women's empowerment.
New York: EAM Sushma Swaraj met Ivanka Trump, discussed women empowerment #unga pic.twitter.com/0Q9YWkeCRC
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EAM Swaraj and Ivanka Trump also discussed Ivanka Trump's forthcoming visit to India #UNGA pic.twitter.com/P7PVLAmVfo
— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2017
EAM Sushma Swaraj meets Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New York #UNGA pic.twitter.com/tUrrPFtHtV
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EAM Sushma Swaraj's meeting with Bangladesh PM was a courtesy meeting and issue of Rohingyas did not come up during it: MEA pic.twitter.com/ejAy91mQ6N
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Swaraj and Trump also talked about Ivanka's forthcoming visit to India for the Global Entrepreneurs Summit.
Swaraj also met with a number of other leaders, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the foreign ministers of the UAE, Bahrain, and Denmark.
An external affairs ministry spokesman later said Swaraj's meeting with the "Bangladesh PM was a courtesy meeting" and that the "issue of (the) Rohingyas did not come up during it".
