Diplomacy

NSA’s talks with his Russian counterpart covered preparations for PM’s visit to Vladivostok for the Eastern Economic Forum in early September.

Informed sources told ANI on Tuesday that significant talks on climate change, financing, and collaboration for green technologies, specific roadmap and open partnership in new areas like digital and cyberspace, and skill development will be the key thrust of the visit and agreements in this regard will be inked.

Prime Minister Modi, at a joint press statement with President Lungu, said as a reliable partner in development cooperation, India has been sharing its developmental experiences with Zambia. He noted the progress made in projects related with health, power generation as well as easing traffic in Zambian capital Lusaka, with cooperation from India.

Various other countries including Russia, Maldives, Afghanistan, UAE and Sri Lanka backed India’s move and condemned Pakistan’s position. Meanwhile, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is on a two-day visit to Dhaka, which is his first to Bangladesh since taking over the portfolio.

Delhi and Paris under an arrangement reached few years back share data for maritime surveillance in the IOR amid growing Chinese presence in the region. The proposed joint production of satellites will be phase 2 of the endeavor informed sources told ET.

The Prime Minister of India in his visit to Maldives in June 2019, had emphasised India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy and assured India’s full support to Maldives in realising its aspirations for broad-based socio-economic development and strengthening of democratic and independent institutions.

The meeting is taking place in Kathmandu from August 21 to 22, a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nepal has said.

ISRO will be playing a critical role in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) launching of its first spacecraft “Hope Probe” next year.

A top diplomat said the companies from South Korea are keen to get into joint ventures and are willing to transfer all the top end technologies as there is no law in that country which curtails technology transfer.

From France, the prime minister will proceed for bilateral visits to the UAE and Bahrain, and will return to the French city of Biarritz on August 25 to attend the G7 Summit where India has been invited as a partner country.