NEW DELHI: Two of the country's
Union Cabinet ministers recently featured in two striking photographs.
They are striking, because the ministers were the only women amid a sea of men, who were their counterparts from a host of countries. The ministers in question,
Sushma Swaraj, minister of external affairs and
Nirmala Sitharaman, minister of defence.
Many on social media are commenting positively about the two photographs and even minister of railways Piyush Goyal couldn't help but comment on them.
"Where Women are honoured - There Divinity blossoms', said Goyal in a tweet today that featured both photographs.
"Indian women Ministers shine at all male
SCO Foreign & Defense ministers meeting!" tweeted Goyal further.
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The photograph of Swaraj with her male counterparts was from the recent
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Foreign Ministers' meeting in Beijing. The picture of Sitharaman with her male counterparts is from the recent Defence Ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is an international alliance that consists of eight member states and three observers from Eurasia. It was established on April 26, 1996, as the Shanghai Five. Of the eight member states and three observers, the SCO currently also has three dialogue partners and three guest attendance entries.
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