Diplomacy

News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.

India Provides Lines of Credit for Drinking Water , Solar to Guinea

The two countries signed the agreements for providing Lines of Credit for $170 million for strengthening drinking water supply of Grand Conakry, and $20.22 million for two solar projects, and also for supply of electricity and drinking water for seven public universities and solar project for electrification and refrigeration in 200 health centres.

India-Japan Defence Partnership can be a Win-Win

India’s participation in the just concluded maiden defence and security exhibition in Tokyo, where it was one of the few nations to have a booth, is an indicator of the increasing focus on this sector. Also, the recent past has seen bilateral military exercises — the ‘Dharma Guardian-2019’ (between the Indian Army and Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces), the ‘SHINYUU Maitri-2019’ (between Japanese Air Self Defence Force and the Indian Air Force) — and also the trilateral Malabar exercise by India, Japan and the US.

With Russian Projects in Ladakh and Japanese in North East, India is Making It’s Position Clear with China

Just like Arunachal Pradesh, India has also lured Russia to invest in Ladakh, and the Russian investors have also reciprocated by showing interest when it comes to investing in the newly carved out Union Territory. This development is also irksome for Beijing, as any integrational move in Ladakh directly militates against, and threatens China’s illegal occupation of ‘Aksai Chin’.

India Asks Countries to Take Action Against ‘Kashmir Cells’ Set up by Pakistan at its Missions

In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the Pakistan foreign minister announced a decision to establish “Kashmir cell/desks” in Pakistan’s Foreign Office and Missions abroad.
“The main objective of these cells/desks is to incite local populations and to radicalise them through false propaganda,” he said.