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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Tunisian counterpart Sabri Bachtobji on Wednesday during which the two leaders focused on expanding the bilateral economic cooperation and agreed to work closely in multilateral forums. Dr Jaishankar arrived in Tunis earlier yesterday on the concluding leg of his three-day two-nation trip to Niger and Tunisia.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the Agreement between the Republic of India and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters has to be signed.
Jaishankar, the first Indian Foreign Minister to visit the West African country, arrived in Niamey on Monday on the first leg of his three-day two-nation trip to Niger and Tunisia. The tour is his first outreach to the African continent after becoming Foreign Minister last year.
Both sides are keen to add momentum to the strategic partnership signed in 2006 with focus on defence industry and robust partnership in the hydrocarbon sector. A big-ticket item at the visit could be the Bilateral Investment Treaty, which will be the first revised one that India will sign with any country, according to persons familiar with the matter.
India pledged a USD 50 million assistance to Sri Lanka on Saturday as National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and discussed a range of bilateral issues, including strengthening cooperation in defence, intelligence sharing and maritime security.
After Malaysia, Turkey is on the government’s radar for possible trade curbs for interfering in India’s internal issues.
Russia has backed India for permanent membership of United Nation Security Council. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Delhi India and Brazil should become permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC).
Concluding his three-day visit to India Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stated that the development of the Chabahar port will require India and Iran to work together in order to expedite projects like rail connectivity to Afghanistan.
The first Session of India-Norway Dialogue on Trade & Investment (DTI) was convened in New Delhi on 15-16 January, 2020. The session was based on the Terms of Reference (ToR) signed between India and Norway on 8th January, 2019 in New Delhi, during the visit of Prime Minister of Norway. This was the first meeting after the signing of DTI.
The Indian embassy in Antananarivo handed over as many as 100,000 academic textbooks on behalf of the Indian government to Madagascar.
