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In an effort to deepen ties with India, the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, has invited President Droupadi Murmu for a state visit, Hackett added. He was speaking at an event organised by New Delhi-based think-tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF) to commemorate 75 years of ties between Dublin and New Delhi. New Delhi: India is “front and centre” of Ireland’s strategic thinking in the Asia-Pacific region, Joe Hackett, secretary general (foreign secretary) in the Irish department of foreign affairs, said Wednesday. When asked about the Irish foreign ministry’s usage of the term “Asia-Pacific” for the “Indo-Pacific” region — as...