Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, who is visiting Tajikistan’s capital to attend a two-day conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s Council of Heads of Government, was greeted in a ‘Sanskrit’ message during her welcome in a community event in Dushanbe on Thursday.
Not everyday there is a welcome speech in Sanskrit.
EAM @SushmaSwaraj greeted at the community function in Sanskrit in Dushanbe. Watch her deliver the address at https://t.co/fQXoVa0eyI pic.twitter.com/97JPkRIMl1
— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) October 11, 2018
Further, the gesture was highly appreciated by the Indian officials and minister, as the welcome message in Sanskrit stunned the spectators in the event. Earlier, Swaraj shared that, “India’s cultural and historical ties with Central Asia are age-old and they share similar family values.”
