News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
“Defence engagements between India & RoK have made immense progress in the recent years. India’s Indo-Pacific vision shares many commonalities with RoK’s New Southern Policy. We recognise that unity and centrality of ASEAN must be a key element in developing an Indo-Pacific vision,” he tweeted after holding “extensive deliberations” with the Defence Minister of Republic of Korea, Jeong Kyeongdoo-Doo here.
Singh explained that India cannot restrict its defence cooperation to a few countries. He thereafter announced the creation of 10 new defence wings so that 10 more defence attaches could be appointed. “This will further strengthen India’s defence diplomacy,” he said, addressing the third Defence Attaches conference here.
Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo will start his official visit to India on Monday, where he and his Indian counterpart are set to hold talks on developing two-way cooperation in defense and arms.
Rajapaksa will arrive in India with a Sri Lankan delegation on February 7 and begin talks on 8 February.
Briefing the media ahead of the Expo, Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar “The Defence Cooperation with Africa is becoming an important part of our relationship. Around 14 ministers from the African continent have confirmed their participation and the numbers are expected to go up. Another 24 ministers have indicated their keenness to be part of the conclave.”
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday met his Turkmenistan counterpart Rashid Meredov here and discussed regional issues.
Whilst mission deployed in the Southern Indian Ocean, Indian Naval Ship Airavat was diverted on 26 January 2020 to render assistance to the citizens of Madagascar who have been affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Diane. Airavat is undertaking this Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission as part of ‘Operation Vanilla’ launched by the Indian Navy, which is the first international respondent to this evolving humanitarian crisis in Madagascar.
India has extended support to China in combating the dreaded coronavirus outbreak, and called for objective and rational assessment of the epidemic that has killed 259 people and affected nearly 12,000 others.
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Abuja, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Sugar Institute (NSI), Kanpur, India on the establishment of a Sugar Institute in Ilorin, Kwara State.
French Culture Minister Franck Riester met producers from the film industry to promote France as a destination to shoot movies
