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External Affairs

British  

plural noun

  1. (formerly) the Canadian federal Foreign Affairs department

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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India’s Ministry of External Affairs dismissed those claims as “fake.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“The Trump administration has been very forthright in putting forward its foreign policy outlook as America First,” External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said Sunday, standing next to Rubio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Sapna is also calling on the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to lead a formal inquiry into how Sougat came to be labelled a murder suspect.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, told the British news outlet the Independent on Sunday that New Delhi condemned the “despicable acts.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025

We have now reached a standard as a nation which necessitates the establishment of a Department of External Affairs.'

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Oscar Douglas Skelton

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