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UAE a special friend, says Indian minister
ANI/Dubai
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar shares message through Twitter.
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that sending the consignment of Indian-made Covid-19 vaccines to the UAE denotes a ‘special friend and a special relationship’ between the two nations.
The information was shared by the Jaishankar through his Twitter post, “Made in India vaccines reach Dubai. A special friend, a special relationship.”
As a part of its vaccine diplomacy, New Delhi is providing Indian-made Covishield vaccines to other nations through the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
As per the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India has gifted over 5.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to neighbouring countries so far under its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy.
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Toward the end of last week, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar delivered two characteristically frank and direct speeches that taken together, provide us with significant additional understanding of how India sees its relations with great powers evolving – and the assumptions driving them.
On January 27, virtually delivering a keynote address at an annual conference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Israel, Jaishankar dwelt at length on the United States and the direction the new occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are likely to take when it comes to both foreign and domestic policy. “Because globalization has impacted its economy so deeply, this is equally a foreign policy issue. Therefore, we have already heard President Biden stressing the necessity of formulating policies addressing the well-being of the American middle class” Jaishankar said, adding, “Similarly, his closest advisors have spoken of a new U.S.
Qatar, India virtually hold fourth Foreign Office Consultations
01 Feb 2021 - 18:09
The Peninsula
Doha: The fourth Foreign Office Consultations between Qatar and India were held virtually today, February 1, 2021. The Qatari side was led by Dr. Ahmad Hassan Al-Hamadi, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar and the Indian side was led by Shri Sanjay Bhattacharyya, Secretary (CPV & OIA), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.
Both sides expressed satisfaction that despite the Covid-19 pandemic they have kept in close touch including the telephone conversations between the Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the visit of Indian External Affairs Minister to Qatar in December 2020. These gave new momentum to bilateral relations. Indian official thanked the Qatari side for taking care of the Indian community in Qatar during the pandemic.
Chandrapradeep
(Lanka-e-News- 31.Jan.2021, 10.30 PM) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in her latest report on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next month would urge the world leaders to call for an imposition of targeted sanctions, such as a ban on assets and travel for Sri Lankans who are facing credible allegations of human rights abuses.
The High Commissioner further recommended that the International Criminal Court (ICC) to set up an international mechanism to investigate and prosecute those accused of human rights abuses and war crimes.
Never before has such a serious proposal been made to Sri Lanka by the international community.