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Jakarta, Apr. 23 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with Jorge Arreaza, the Vice-President of Venezuela at the 60th Asian African Conference Commemoration here on Wednesday.

The 10th anniversary of the New Asian African Partnership is taking place in the year 2015 in which various streams of the global discourse are gathering pace to culminate in four key events - COP21 on Climate Change in Paris, Summit to finalize Post-2015 Development Agenda, 70th Anniversary of the UN and the 10th WTO Ministerial in Kenya - each one of which will have far-reaching political and economic ramifications.

There are significant transitions and developments taking place in Asia, Europe and the Middle East with regional and global implications.

Swaraj arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday to attend the 60th anniversary of the Bandung Conference.

Swaraj, who is on a five-day tour to Indonesia, is accompanied by senior diplomats from the foreign affairs ministry for the conference where important discussions are likely to take place in Jakarta and Bandung. (ANI)

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