India Removes Security Barriers Outside Pakistan High Commission in Delhi
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Indian workers removed security barriers in Delhi. The barriers were outside the Pakistan High Commission. A high commission is like an embassy. It is a place for one country's officials in another country.
Workers also removed bollards. Bollards are short posts. They stop cars from driving in some places. The bollards and barriers were outside the building for safety.
News reports call this a tit-for-tat action. This means one country does something because another country did something first. Officials in Delhi say they cleared encroachments. Encroachments are things built in a place without permission.
The action is about the relationship between India and Pakistan. These two countries are neighbours. Sometimes they have diplomatic problems. Diplomatic means about relations between countries.
This is a small event. But it can show bigger problems between the two governments. People will watch to see what happens next.
Vocabulary7 words
- security
- keeping people or places safe
- high commission
- an office of one country's government in another country
- bollards
- short posts that stop cars
- tit-for-tat
- doing something because someone else did it first
- encroachments
- things built without permission
- neighbours
- countries or people close to each other
- diplomatic
- about relations between countries
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1. Security barriers and bollards 2. Outside a hospital 3. True
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Indian workers removed _____ barriers in Delhi. The barriers were outside the Pakistan High Commission. A high commission is like an _____.
Workers also removed _____. Bollards are short posts. They stop cars from driving in some places.
News reports call this a _____ action. This means one country does something because another country did something first.
Officials in Delhi say they cleared _____. Encroachments are things built in a place without permission.
The action is about the relationship between India and _____. These two countries are neighbours.
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