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New Delhi: Day after the allocation of the portfolios, today different cabinet ministers were seen taking charge of their office. In this list, Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar took charge of his office. He assumed the office in the second term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and for the third term, he has been retained back for the same post.
This morning, Dr S Jaishankar reached the south block to take charge as Minister of External Affairs.
On being retained as Minister of External Affairs for the third term of Modi government, Dr. Jaishankar said that it is an immense honour to be once again given the responsibility of leading the Ministry of External Affairs.
He added that “In the last term, ministry performed exceptionally well. We delivered the G20 presidency. We took on the challenges of COVID including, Vaccine Maitri supplies. We also were the centre of crucial operations like Operation Ganga and Operation Kaveri. In the last decade, this ministry under the leadership of PM Modi has become a very people-centric ministry. You can see that in terms of our improved passport services, community welfare fund support that we give to Indians abroad.”
