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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Israel Katz met India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Meditteranean dialogue last week and shared the “Tracks for Regional Peace” initiative. In November, Israel had shared its connectivity project with Oman.
The relationship between the two countries was elevated to a Strategic Partnership in 2009, and had also adopted a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation.
Raising slogans like ‘Pakistan is Taliban’, ‘Pakistan a terror state’, and ‘Where was (Osama) Bin Laden’, the protestors demanded Pakistan be declared a state sponsor of terrorism.
The meeting of the visiting ministers with PM Narendra Modi came a day after Japan’s deputy minister for economy, trade and industry Hideki Makihara said in an interview to the media that Tokyo was not considering signing the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) without India.
The two sides are negotiating pacts on science and technology, water, and space that could entail technology transfer and collaboration, ET has learnt. The proposed pacts could be signed at the Foreign and Defence Minister, or 2+2, dialogue in DC.
In a letter to the SAARC secretariat to mark the founding day of the bloc, the prime minister said all countries in the region should take effective steps to defeat the scourge of terrorism and the forces which support it.
“India is not there (in the Security Council) with 1.4 billion people. This is just not acceptable,” he said. “It (Security Council) has to reflect today’s reality. Of course, India has to be there.”
The Indian Army’s military diplomacy took center at the Officer’s Training Academy (OTA) Gaya on Saturday with cadets from Bhutan and Vietnam passing out and the event witnessed by Vietnam Army Deputy Chief of Staff. Training of foreign cadets has become a crucial aspect of having good ties with countries in the neighbourhood.
Victory Day is celebrated on December 16 in Bangladesh commemorating the victory of the allied forces over the Pakistani forces in the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country. The day is also celebrated as ‘Vijay Diwas,’ or Victory Day, in India.
The 18th round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Myanmar was held in New Delhi with the Indian delegation led by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and the Myanmarese delegation by Permanent Secretary U Soe Han.
