NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday, his first visit to the country in six years, amid signs of improving relations between the two neighbours following years of border tension. Jaishankar was in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting, where he also…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will arrive in Beijing today. This would be Jaishankar’s first visit to China after the ties between the two neighbouring countries came under severe strain following the 2020 military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Jaishankar will participate in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to travel to the United Kingdom by the end of this month for a visit that could see both sides formally ink the landmark India-UK free trade deal and explore ways to expand bilateral ties in defence and security sphere, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday. Both sides…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reiterated India’s stance against terrorism and said that the nation would never equate the perpetrators of Pahalgam terror attack with their victims. He also thanked United Kingdom government for condemning the April 22 attack that killed 26.“We practice a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and…
During the visit of Abbas Araghch to Beijing at the invitation of China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the two sides consulted on the latest state of bilateral relations and regional developments. The two sides positively assessed the progress made in implementing the provisions of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Iran and China in recent years….
Esmail Baghaei wrote on X on Saturday that “Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Beijing today on his first bilateral official visit outside the region.” “He had very fruitful comprehensive talks with his Chinese counterpart, Member of the political bureau of CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on a wide range of bilateral,…
India and China have pledged to reflect on the lessons learned from their border stand-off in 2020, while emphasising the need for regular communication to prevent a recurrence. The resolution came at the first diplomatic talks under a key dialogue mechanism since both sides withdrew from two face-off points along their disputed western Himalayan border….
New Delhi, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Monday began a four-day visit to India to solidify bilateral ties in a range of key areas including trade and investment. Jamaican PM Holness begins 4-day visit to India It is the first ever bilateral visit of a prime minister of Jamaica to India. Holness will hold…