Wednesday, April 14 2021
India visit,Boris Johnson first major trip as PM
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson accepted the invitation by Indian PM Narendra Modi to be Chief Guest at Republic Day of India. He will be the Chief Guest at the forthcoming Republic Day parade. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab made the announcement after meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi.Presence of PM Johnson at the celebrations will be symbolic of a new era, a new phase of our relationship.
Earlier Prince Philip in 1959 and Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rap Butler (1956, along with Japan’s former Chief Justice Kotaro Tanaka), and then Chief of Defence Staff Lord Louis Mountbatten (1964) have also been Chief Guests in the past.
December 12, 2020
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s recent visit to Seychelles is seen as a fresh attempt by New Delhi to set up a military base in the island nation in view of China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean Region.
Underlining the importance of the ties with the former British colony, Jaishankar had called on Seychelles’ newly-elected President, Wavel Ramkalawan.
Experts see this as an opportunity for India to revive the agreement to build military facilities on the Assumption Island, reported to be worth around $550 million, for the purpose of monitoring the Mozambique Channel.
Interestingly, it was the country’s opposition, then led by Ramkalawan, that had stalled the proposed agreement with India in 2018.
BEIJING: A Chinese Foreign Ministry s spokesperson on Thursday reiterated that the India side was totally responsible for the current standoff between the troops of two countries on the Line of.