News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
New Delhi is a permanent factor in regional affairs. It’s the region’s central power by virtue of the subcontinent’s central geographic position, size, large population and economic resources. It is converting some of its latent strength into military might.
India’s relations with Nepal continued to grow in 2019 with high-level bilateral visits and increased energy collaboration, including the inauguration of the first-ever cross-border petroleum pipeline in South Asia, amidst China’s heavy investments in the landlocked country
The unfinished business of nation-building being attempted was always guaranteed to be difficult since new perceptions and sensibilities have to be implanted and become the default norm. It will unavoidably challenge extant fissured self-identification and imperil them, nothing more assured to unsettle and provoke unrest.
“I think the most important outcome (of 2+2) was the signing of the ISA. I believe the ISA signing will make it possible to deepen the industry collaboration and to enable the release of more advanced technology and information to Indian industry that is working in partnership with US industry on a number of these projects,” Nisha Desai Biswal, president of US-India Business Council, said.
China is willing to work with the Indian side to promote friendly cooperation and make more positive contributions to the growth of bilateral relations in the new year, Spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian told a news conference on Thursday.
The foreign ministers will consider the current state and prospects of development of bilateral relations in light of the goals outlined on the outcomes of the Russian-Indian Summit that took place on September 4-5 in Vladivostok. They will also discuss the 2020 schedule of upcoming top-level political contacts. They plan to have a comprehensive exchange of opinions on regional and international issues,” said a Russian foreign ministry spokesperson announcing the visit.
BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Friday sought to assure the people of Jammu and Kashmir that the statehood of the new Union Territory (UT) will be restored soon.
The 5th Round of India-Japan Maritime Affairs Dialogue was held in Tokyo on Tuesday with the Indian delegation led by Indra Mani Pandey, Additional Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs), Ministry of External Affairs, while Japanese delegation was led by Ambassador Yamanaka A Osamu, Deputy Assistant Minister, Deputy Director-General in Foreign Policy Bureau.
The government is hoping these moves will help it make strategic inroads into the western Indian Ocean, a region China sees as its gateway to Africa. The appointment of a defence attache follows defence cooperation agreements which India signed with both Madagascar and Comoros recently.
The luncheon meeting between the Foreign Ministers of India, Oman and Iran on December 24 in Muscat is one such an important development in accordance with India’s activated West Asia policy.
