Diplomacy

Marking a departure from its long-standing position, India voted in favour of the Israeli proposal, helping the Jewish state to score a win by 28 votes against 14.

The Working Group discussed threats posed by terrorist entities globally and in their respective regions including cross border terrorism.

New Delhi is likely to provide fresh evidence compiled by its National Investigation Agency on the role of Hafiz Saeed’s Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) and its deputy Shahid Mahmood in a conspiracy to create sleeper terror cells in the garb of religious work in India, at the FATF meeting to be held in the US starting Sunday, government officials said.

In a statement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing said that President Xi told Prime Minister Modi that India and China should deepen cooperation by properly handling differences and called for strengthening Confidence Building Measures to maintain stability at the border.

Speaking on the expansion of ties, Prime Minister Modi in his statement said, “In recent times, our relations have expanded in several areas of bilateral engagement, including defence, security, trade and investment,”

“As Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi said in his latest campaign, ‘Modi hai to mumkin hai,” or ‘Modi makes it possible”, I am looking forward to explore what’s possible between the US and India,” Mike Pompeo said speech at the India Ideas Summit of US-India Business Council on Wednesday (Washington time).

India and Australia have developed mutual trust over the past decade to work together on strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia’s high commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu said on Tuesday. The two countries could now work together to strengthen the economic order in the region, Sidhu told the Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents.

Mauritius and the Seychelles might also be included in this dialogue at a later stage as was originally envisaged. Growing terrorist networks in the Indian Ocean Region and maritime security that enables India to maintain its role as the net security provider in the region will top the agenda of the tri-nation NSA dialogue and its expanded format, people familiar with the matter said