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India's Foreign Policy: Current priorities and relevance of SAARC By: Amb (Retd) Achal Malhotra Venue: UGC Centre for SAARC Studies, Visakhapatnam Date: October 08, 2018 Lecture at Centre For SAARC Studies, Andhra University : 8th October, 2018 Honourable Vice Chancellor, Andhra University, Honourable Director, Centre For SAARC Studies, Heads of Department, Members of Faculty, Students, including students from friendly foreign countries, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen I have been given the privilege of talking to you on India's Foreign Policy , current priorities and also on relevance of SAARC. In my presentation today I intend to cover three important aspects: Core Objectives of India’s foreign Policy; Fundamental Principles and Salient Features of India’s foreign policy,and the standard institutional mechanisms India has devised for the conduct of foreign policy. I will then highlight the current foreign policy priorities in bilatera