Page 94 - Development Affairs News Today

14:01 The wives of the presidents of Ukraine and France, Olena Zelenska and Brigitte Macron, have discussed priority topics for cooperation, including achieving the goals of the Biarritz Partnership, strengthening Ukrainian-French cultural ties and further introducing Ukrainian-language audio guides in France, the Ukrainian presidents press service has reported. 12:27 Oschadbank, the State Savings Bank of Ukraine, plans to immediately appeal against the judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, wh...

Asad Umar questions UK govt for placing Pakistan on red list of travel ban countries Sat 03rd April 2021 | 03:05 PM The Federal Minister for Science and Technology who also heads National Command and Operation Centre says why UK government’s decision to place Pakistan on red list has raised a legitimate question whether choice of countries is based on science or foreign policy. ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-April 3 rd, 2021) Federal Minister for Planning, Developm...

Indonesia reiterates commitment to tackle climate change 8 hours ago 14 hours ago 3 hours ago Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto. (ANTARA/HO-the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs/pri/sh) Addressing the climate change impact is a challenging task, because it would need multilateral cooperation and comprehensive efforts Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has reiterated its commitment to address climate change and willingness to co-chair the UK...

United Kingdom  Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab is the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State. Dominic was first appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and First Secretary of State on 24 July 2019. He was first elected Conservative MP for Esher and Walton in May 2010.  Mr. Raab’s previous government posts include Secretary of State for Exiting the E...

Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School Nicholas Burns is the Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is Faculty Chair of the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at the Belfer Center. Burns is Executive Director of the Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum, and Senior Counselor at The Cohen Group. He is Chairm...

Differences in the foreign policy objectives of Western nations and Russia just continue to grow - Rinkevics 2021-03-11 Photo: Saeima RIGA - The Baltic States and the United Kingdom are like-minded countries joined by the values and interests they share on so many aspects of the international agenda. In a meeting held on 10 March 2021 in Tallinn, the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States and the United Kingdom agreed to continue their close coordination and cooperation on foreign policy matte...

Readout The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today spoke with Dominic Raab, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for...

Continuing the United Kingdom’s trade relationship with Albania (web version) Published 3 March 2021 © Crown copyright 2021 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gov.uk. Where we have identified any third p...

On Wednesday, 3 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed the “initiation of an investigation respecting the Situation in Palestine”. This will only “cover crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court” over a very short period of time, since 13 June 2014. Bensouda note that “the decision to open an investigation followed a painstaking preliminary examination undertaken by my Office that lasted close to five years.” There is...

Biden administration never considered MBS sanctions a viable option in response to Khashoggi report The Biden administration never considered sanctions as a viable option against the powerful Saudi crown prince named as responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even though the new President promised to punish senior Saudi leaders during the election. Administration officials tell CNN there was little debate or tension inside the White House last week in the leadup to the release...