Saturday, August 1, 2009

Krishna to discuss racial attacks on Indian students during Australia visit

New Delhi,Sat, 01 Aug 2009 ANI

New Delhi, August 01(ANI): External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna will undertake a five day visit of Australia from August 6 and is expected to discuss and express New Delhi\'s concern over alleged racial attacks on Indian students.

Krishna will meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith.

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This is the first high-level visit from India to Australia since Indian students studying in Australia were subjected to attacks.

Krishna will also visit Sydney and Melbourne to assess first-hand the problems being faced by Indian students.

He will participate in the Annual Post Forum Dialogue Meeting of the Pacific Island Forum in Cairns. India has been a dialogue partner of Pacific Island Forum comprising of sixteen countries since 2002. (ANI)


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