The recent handshake between Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing is more than a symbolic gesture. It reflects a cautious attempt to compensate for years of silence between the two Asian giants. As Jaishankar’s first visit to China since the Galwan Valley clash in 2020, it can be seen…
Beijing [China], July 15 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met in Beijing with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), who are in China to attend the Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of SCO Member States, according to Chinese state media outlet…
Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng called for practical cooperation and mutual respect with India as he met the Indian foreign minister in Beijing on Monday. Han said China and India should “steadily advance practical cooperation, respect each other’s concerns and promote the sustained, healthy and stable development of [bilateral] relations”, state news agency Xinhua reported. Jaishankar,…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in Yerevan on March 25, 2025/AFP Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to visit China today to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting, scheduled for July 15 in Tianjin. During the visit, Araghchiwill hold bilateral talks with…
Bangladesh’s chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, will depart Dhaka for a four-day official visit to China, where he is expected to meet President Xi Jinping. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will embark on a three-nation visit to Jamaica, Guyana and Suriname. Defence officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will hold a two-day meeting in Qingdao…
Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an address in Tehran, called the missile attack on Israel “legal and legitimate”. He had a rifle by his side as he spoke, days after Iran’s missile attack on Israel. In other news, India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend the Shanghai…