- Title: U.S. ambassador to UN visits religious sites and community kitchen in New Delhi
- Date: 28th June 2018
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 28, 2018) (ANI - Broadcasters: NO USE INDIA / MEDIACORP / BBC Digital: NO USE INDIA / MEDIACORP / BBC) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF 18TH CENTURY SIKH SHRINE, SISGANJ GURDWARA SIGN READING (English, Hindi, and Punjabi): "GURUDWARA SISGANJ SAHIB, DELHI" U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, NIKKI HALEY, ENTERING THE SHRINE WITH OTHERS INTERIOR OF SHRINE HALEY HOLDING HER HANDS TOGETHER AND BOWING TO OFFER PRAYERS A SIKH PRIEST WAVING A CEREMONIAL FAN OVER HOLY SIKH BOOK VARIOUS OF HALEY ROLLING DOUGH AT A COMMUNITY KITCHEN TO MAKE INDIAN FLATBREAD MEDIA TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS / HALEY SHOWING A FLATBREAD HALEY STIRRING CURRY IN A HUGE POT TEMPLE SIGN WITH THE IMAGES OF HINDU GOD OF DESTRUCTION, SHIVA, AND HIS CONSORT, GAURI HALEY SPEAKING TO TEMPLE OFFICIALS AND CLIMBING STEPS INSIDE THE TEMPLE HINDU PRIESTS SITTING NEAR DECORATED IDOLS OF SHIVA AND GAURI HALEY SPEAKING TO TEMPLE OFFICIAL DEVOTEES CLAPPING HALEY LOOKING AT THE TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE AS A MAN EXPLAINS EXTERIOR OF 17TH CENTURY MUGHAL MOSQUE, JAMA MASJID BIRDS ON A DOME PIGEONS EATING GRAINS IN THE COURTYARD HALEY CLIMBING THE STEPS OF THE MOSQUE WITH OTHERS GENERAL SECRETARY OF JAMA MASJID ADVISORY COUNCIL, SYED TARIQ BUKHARI, PROVIDING A GUIDED TOUR TO HALEY HALEY SPEAKING TO BUKHARI U.S. DELEGATES WALKING HALEY EXITING MOSQUE AND SPEAKING TO CHILD SITTING ON THE STEPS HALEY AND BUKHARI SPEAKING
- Embargoed: 12th July 2018 12:01
- Keywords: New Delhi mosque temple visit United Nations United States Nikki Haley India
- Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0018M82SEF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, on Thursday (June 28) paid a visit to several historic religious sites and a community kitchen in the Indian capital of New Delhi.
Haley, who is on a three-day visit to the country, started her Delhi tour with a Hindu temple and also offered her services, by cooking at a community kitchen in the Gurudwara. She also visited the Jama Masjid, the country's largest mosque.
Haley said on Thursday that a top-level strategic dialogue with India will take place as soon as possible, after Washington put off the meeting for a second time in months. The talks were expected to cover issues including U.S. sanctions against Russia and Iran, arms sales and trade.
On Wednesday (June 27), Haley had called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries, including on counter-terrorism. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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