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Former Minister of State, External Affairs, India

Appointed as Minister of State for External Affairs for Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, Shashi Tharoor brings his experience in the United Nations to the post. As a sign of his UN-style even-handedness, Tharoor claims that Delhi is not in competition with Beijing in Africa and that 'there is space for both.'...

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Shashi Tharoor, S.M. Krishna, Kofi Annan, Chinese, Ghana, Liberia, United States, Yugoslavia, Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha

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