India, Sept. 12 -- VARANASI Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has long emphasised on the need to take the foreign policy out of Delhi, and diplomacy out of Delhi, therefore, Kashi was chosen for the bilateral meeting between India and Mauritius.

"The bilateral meeting in Kashi is a manifestation of the PM's wish to take diplomacy and foreign policy out of Delhi," he said in response to a query - why Kashi was chosen for the bilateral meeting as such meetings usually take place in Delhi.

"The PM has long emphasised on the need to take foreign policy out of Delhi, and the need to take diplomacy out of Delhi, because we are talking about the foreign policy, not of Delhi, not of one particular...