Belfast, March 7 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated the new Consulate General of India in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Friday. He shared insights into how the inauguration of the Consulate came into being and how it will help cater to the needs of a growing diaspora.

He also said that India hope to conclude the free trade agreement with the UK and the European Union soon. "We saw in Belfast a meeting place for our UK policy and our European policy. We could see this had a privileged access to both", Jaishankar added.

In his inaugural address, Jaishankar thanked the dignitaries present and shared how the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) gave "a significant amount of attention to foreign policy and within that the welfare o...