News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
Addressing the inaugural session of India Singapore: The Next Phase of Strategic Partnership, Jaishankar said, “There is no hegemonic power to underwrite an international order but nor is there a global compact among nations. The international situation today is under stress.”
Speaking at an event on Tuesday, Jitendra Singh said, “Next agenda is retrieving parts of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and making it a part of India. It is not only my party’s commitment, but it was also part of a unanimously passed resolution of the Parliament in 1994. This was passed by the Congress-led government of Narsimha Rao.”
Kuwait has taken strong action against All Pakistan Overseas Organisation International (APOOI) after it planned a protest march against India in Kuwait on August 24. Very clearly, protests like the ones outside the Indian High Commission in London were not acceptable. A
In its first reaction after the deal, the US said that it does not want its allies or partner countries’ military capability to suffer. After a bilateral meeting with Putin, PM Modi said – Russia has always stood with India and it has played an important role in India’s development.
India have had defence partnerships with Zambia, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia. Botswana, Uganda, Namibia and Mozambique and seeking to expand this to include more countries across the vast continent.
You should trust me and I should trust you. He who never trusts another and is not trusted is seldom praised by men of wisdom. Such a person is unhappy and miserable. There is no use attempting to escape when the opportunity has slipped away. Now is the proper time for a right understanding between us.
The visiting Indian Navy warship, INS TARKASH, has concluded a naval manoeuvre with Nigerian Navy frigate NNS UNITY and three other patrol vessels – NNS KARADUA, NNS SAGBAMA and NNS NGURU – as part of scheduled activities to mark the end of her visit to Lagos.
With Pakistan all set to move a resolution on Kashmir at the forum, India is prepared to present a counter offensive. The idea is not only to counter Pakistan’s move but also to put Islamabad on test regarding the human rights situation in Pakistan, situation of the minorities and concerns regarding blasphemy laws. India and human rights groups would also be raising the issue of violations in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), Pakistan’s move to separate Gilgit-Baltistan from PoK and the human conditions there.
One of the initiatives include creating a huge ‘green path’ running from Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace at Porbandar in Gujarat to New Delhi as part of the country’s scaled up target to restore minimum 30 million hectares of degraded land – little less than 1/3rd of India’s total degraded land – in a time-bound manner.
Taking a strong stance against Islamabad for using its consulate for anti-India activities, Iranian officials on 15th August forcibly removed banners from Pakistan’s consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad. The anti-India banners on so-called “Kashmir Solidarity day” were removed in the middle of the night from the walls of the Pakistani consulate by the local police.
Calling such methods as “undiplomatic tactics”, Tehran told Islamabad in clear terms that putting such banners against a third country goes against diplomatic norms. A disappointed Pakistan through a note verbale had raised the matter to Iran which Tehran termed as unfortunate. Officials in Tehran asked Pakistani diplomats how will foreign office in Islamabad react if Iranian mission in Islamabad puts up banners against Saudi Arabia, will Pakistan allow this. Curiously, Pakistan remained adamant and told Iran that the South Asian country’s mission was within its right to display the messages. Iran reiterated its stance on Kashmir hasn’t changed, said, while Pakistan is a brotherly country, India is not an enemy either.
Meanwhile, anti-India protests organised by Pakistani missions in Iran have been raised in Delhi also, with Iranian Ambassador being handed over a protest note. Before this incident, 2 anti-India protests were organised by Pakistani missions in Iran without any permission. Pakistani missions and diaspora globally have been trying to indulge in the anti-India activity in the aftermath of New Delhi’s internal decision to remove the special autonomous status for Jammu and Kashmir.
Last week Pakistani diaspora and Khalistanis had staged a massive protest outside the Indian mission in London and vandalised the property of the mission. This was the second major protest by the Pakistani diaspora in London and was announced by Pakistani Foreign Minister SM Qureshi. Globally protests have happened outside Indian missions in Washington, South Korea, and Germany by Pakistani groups.
