Jakarta: Former Minister of External Affairs and Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Friday (May 30) said that we (India) cannot reduce ourselves to the ‘size’ and ‘stature’ of Pakistan as we don’t want a hyphen between India and Pakistan. In an interaction with the Indian community, Khurshid said, “We are asked, why did we stop?……
Bogota (Colombia): In a significant diplomatic win for India’s global outreach campaign to counter terrorism and expose Pakistan’s role in it, Colombia has officially withdrawn an earlier statement that had expressed sympathy towards Pakistan following ‘Operation Sindoor’. Initially, the South American nation had conveyed condolences over the loss of lives in Pakistan, sparking disappointment in…
Nicoasia: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held a telephonic conversation with his Cypriot counterpart, Constantinos Kombos, and the two leaders discussed strengthening bilateral and India-EU ties. Jaishankar also said he appreciated the support extended by Cyprus in India’s fight against terrorism. “Warm conversation with FM @ckombos of Cyprus. Discussed strengthening our bilateral partnership…
Bogota: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading an all-party delegation, has voiced his deep disappointment over Colombia offering condolences for the loss of lives in Pakistan following Indian strikes in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Tharoor is leading the delegation to Colombia as part of India’s global outreach to expose Pakistan’s support for cross-border terrorist…
Beijing: The Chinese military Thursday declined to comment on the performance of China-made weapons used by Pakistan in the recent conflict with India. Chinese Defence Ministry Spokesperson Sr. Col. Zhang Xiaogang also played down the reports of India recovering an unexploded PL-15E, a radar-guided beyond visual range missile, stated to be the most advanced rocket…
Panama City: Amid Congress leaders’ swipes at him over his ‘surgical strike’ remarks, party leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that for those “zealots” fulminating about his supposed ignorance of Indian valour across the LoC, he was “clearly and explicitly” speaking only about reprisals for terrorist attacks and not about previous wars. Tharoor said his…
Moscow: Russia has proposed the next round of peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. Amid speculations about the Vatican or Geneva being the possible venue for the next round of talks with Ukraine, Russia has preferred Turkiye’s Istanbul, which was the venue of earlier…
Singapore/Paris/Kinshaw: All-party parliamentary delegations on Tuesday made it clear that India will not tolerate any nuclear blackmail and will strike precisely and decisively at the terrorist hideouts developing under the cover of nuclear blackmail. During a meeting with Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs, Sim Ann in the city-state, the…
Riyadh: Former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is part of an all-party delegation to the Gulf region, has been admitted to a hospital and is now under medical supervision, BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda said on Tuesday. “Halfway into our delegation’s tour, Shri @ghulamnazad has had to be admitted to the hospital. He is…
Paris: France on Tuesday reiterated its solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism emanating from Pakistan and agreed that the democratic world needs to speak in one voice on this issue, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said after the Paris leg of his all-party delegation’s visit to European capitals. The nine-member delegation was joined…
