Moscow: Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will visit Moscow next week to attend a meeting on Afghanistan reconciliation and regional cooperation, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. In a regular briefing on Thursday, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Muttaqi will also hold bilateral talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his anticipation for his upcoming visit to India in early December and has ordered the government to devise measures to mitigate the trade imbalance with India, which has resulted from New Delhi’s heavy import of crude. Speaking at the international Valdai discussion forum of security and geopolitical experts from 140…
New Delhi: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is likely to visit India around Dec. 5-6, 2025, according to highly placed sources in government. His visit will focus on consolidating defence and trade ties amid tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. NDTV stated that there are “major preparations underway” in New Delhi to welcome Putin. Russia…
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China will resolutely oppose “Taiwan independence” separatist activities and external interference, and firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a reception held at the…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir back his plan to end the Gaza conflict “100 per cent”, as he listed them among the world leaders “very much involved” in the negotiations on the issue. “This afternoon after extensive consultation with our friends and…
Cairo: After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threw his support behind the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, the question now is whether Hamas will agree. Hamas faces a bitter tradeoff; the proposal demands that the group effectively surrender in return for uncertain gains. But if it rejects the deal, the U.S. could give Israel an…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand here, as he termed the appointment of envoys to Delhi and Ottawa as a “welcome” step to rebuild ties between the two countries. “A good meeting with FM @AnitaAnandMP of Canada this morning in New York,” Jaishankar said in a…
United Nations: India has confronted the challenge of terrorism since its independence, with a neighbour that is an “epicentre of global terrorism”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, in a sharp attack on Pakistan. In his address to the General Debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Jaishankar delivered a…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reaffirming the strong and time-tested nature of relations between Moscow and New Delhi last week. The Russian leader disclosed details of the exchange during a meeting with members of the Russian Government, according to the official website of the Kremlin….
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on BRICS to defend the multilateral trading system amid increasing protectionism and tariff volatility during a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. “When multilateralism is under stress, BRICS has stood firm as a strong voice of…
