<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will begin a 4-nation visit to Italy, France, Luxembourg and Brussels today. Ministry of External Affairs in a release yesterday said that Mrs Swaraj will visit these four countries from </span><span class="aQJ" data-term="goog_97180360" tabindex="0" style="font-size: 12.8px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #cccccc; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">17th to 23rd June</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. </span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The visit to Italy from today will be the first major political exchange between India and Italy following the swearing in of Mr Giuseppe Conte as Italy's new Prime Minister on 1st June 2018. While in Rome, Mrs Swaraj will call on Prime Minister Conte and also meet her counterpart, Mr. Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and review the bilateral relations between the two countries.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The visit to France from <span class="aQJ" data-term="goog_97180361" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #cccccc; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">18 th to 19th  June</span> will be the first major visit from India to France since the visit of the French President Macron to India in March this year. During her visit to Paris, she will meet her counterpart, Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian to review the bilateral relations.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mrs Swaraj will be visiting Luxembourg from <span class="aQJ" data-term="goog_97180362" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #cccccc; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">19th to 20th June</span>. This will be the first ever visit to Luxembourg by an External Affairs Minister from India. During her visit, she will be calling on the Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume and Prime Minister of Luxembourg Mr. Xavier Bettel. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The External Affair Minister will be visiting Belgium from <span class="aQJ" data-term="goog_97180363" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #cccccc; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">20th to 23rd June</span>. In Brussels, she will be meeting the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium Mr. Didier Reynders. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The visit to the four European nations will provide an opportunity to hold in-depth discussions with the political leadership on a wide range of global, regional and bilateral issues and advance our growing strategic engagement with the European Union.</div>