External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said two delegations led by chief ministers had sought political clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs to attend the event and it has been granted.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will also be travelling to Rome to attend the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa where she will be declared a saint.
In March, Pope Francis had announced that Mother Teresa, who founded the Missionaries of Charity, will be elevated to sainthood after the Church recognised two miracles attributed to her after her death in 1997.
The Nobel Laureate had spent 45 years serving the poor and sick on the streets of Kolkata.
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Swarup did not rule out a bilateral meeting between Swaraj and her Italian counterpart during her visit.
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