MEA says hosting foreign dignitaries outside New Delhi is standard, responding to Rahul Gandhi over Rubio's Mumbai meeting.
The Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that hosting foreign dignitaries outside New Delhi is an established practice. The statement came in response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's planned meeting in Mumbai.
No additional details about the Mumbai meeting's schedule or participants were included in the statement. The clarification instead addressed the broader protocol for receiving visiting foreign officials outside the capital.
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