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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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“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

On 1 May 2019, Sougat was officially exonerated by India's Ministry of External Affairs.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

The BBC has also contacted India's Ministry of External Affairs several times but had not heard back by time of publication.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

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 Skelton, Oscar Douglas

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