January 11, 2017 1:55 AM

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Sushma Swaraj asks envoy to help cancer-stricken PIO in France

<br/><br/>External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today directed Indian Ambassador to France Mohan Kumar to make arrangements for the travel of a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) suffering from cancer to India after the man sought help through a video message on YouTube.<br/><br/>She also advised the Indian Ambassador that an official from the embassy escort him and his ailing wife to India.<br/><br/>The video posted on YouTube by Shiv Charan appealing for help was tweeted by Swaraj, asking Indians in France to locate him and his wife who has been suffering from arthritis.<br/><br/>Surprisingly, Indians in France located him in less than an hour, and passed on his number to Swaraj.'<br/><br/>Swaraj, in her tweet, said that she has also spoken to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over the issue. Shiv Charan is from Udaipur. '<br/><br/>The External Affairs Minister again advised Indians staying abroad to tweet their problems to the respective Indian embassy and tag her in a case of emergency.<br/>''''<br/>'<br/>

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