External Affairs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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India’s Ministry of External Affairs dismissed those claims as “fake.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
India’s Ministry of External Affairs said Thursday that 288 of their nationals, including 73 workers on a power project, were missing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 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
A statement from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said the fee would have humanitarian consequences "by way of the disruption caused for families".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Mr A. D. McIntosh, now head of the Department of External Affairs, for example, was given leave in 1932 after receiving a Carnegie grant to attend the Library School at the University of Michigan.
From Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year Ended 31 March 1958: Special Centennial Issue by A. D. Burns
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