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| Mideast Summit: Senior Congress leader and union | | Minister Sibal to lead Indian delegation | | Washington | Nov 26: Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal, who is to lead the Indian delegation at this week's international Middle East Peace Conference, has arrived in the US capital, where he will be attending a dinner party addressed by President George W Bush on Monday night.
Reports said that the other members of the Indian delegation are the Prime Minister's special envoy for West Asia, Chinmoy Gharekhan and the Joint Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs dealing with West Asia and North Africa, Manimekalai.
Reports further added Indian delegation, who will attend a dinner hosted by the State Department tonight, will be participating at the main plenary of the International Conference on the Middle East at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday.
The summit, which aims to revive the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations, is broken down into three sessions after the working lunch which will be chaired by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
More than 100 delegates from 50 nations and international and regional organisations like the Arab League, World Bank the International Monetary Fund, the quartet group and members of the UN Security Council are attending the conclave. |
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