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Summary: Foreign ministers from India, France, and Australia recently met (virtually) at the Raisina Dialogue, Indiaâs flagship annual conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics. What can they get done if they work together?
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“We need plurilateralism,” argued Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. “Multilateralism is not delivering.” The minister was speaking about the benefits of small groups of countries working together at a panel at the recently completed Raisina Dialogue alongside the French and Australian foreign ministers. All told, the message was clear. These were three countries that were dedicated to strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and they felt they could achieve more as a trio than in a bigger cohort.
Indian External Affairs Minister appreciates Qatar for its support
09 May 2021 - 8:46
The Peninsula
Doha: Indian External Affairs Minister H E Dr S Jaishankar has appreciated Qatar’s leadership and Qatar Airways for providing support in fighting Covid-19 pandemic.
“The goodwill of Qatar. By air and sea,” said S Jaishankar on his Twitter handle sharing some tweets’ images of the Embassy of India in Qatar and Indian Navy.
“The images of the said tweets shared by External Affairs Minister had lauded Qatar’s leadership and Qatar Airways for transporting medical supplies to help India curb COVID-19 infection.
“Grateful to Qatar’s leadership and Qatar Airways for transporting 300 tonnes of medical aid ventilators, concentrators, PPE, free of charge, from around world by three cargo planes which are enroute to Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Deeply value this critical logistical transportation support,” Embassy of India tweeted a few days ago.
Maldives Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed Wounded in Suspected Terrorist Attack, Cops Say
On 5/7/21 at 10:31 AM EDT
Police in the Maldives said Friday that an explosion that wounded former president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed and four others was an act of terrorism.
Nasheed, 53, was wounded in the blast outside his home Thursday night as he was about to get into his car, police said. He is being treated at a hospital in the capital of Male. While Nasheed had multiple surgeries to remove shrapnel, Home Minister Imran Abdulla told a local television station that the injuries were not life-threatening. Two of Nasheed s bodyguards and two apparent bystanders, including a British citizen, were also wounded.
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This will the second such meeting between the two countries. [Courtesy]
India and Japan are planning to hold a 2+2 format meeting of foreign and defence ministers in Tokyo later this month, Japanese media reported.
According to NHK, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and Defence Minister Kishi Nobuo are due to attend the meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
This will the second such meeting between the two countries as the inaugural meeting of the India-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue (2+2) was held on November 30, 2019, in New Delhi.
According to Asia Nikkei, this comes as China ramps up its activities in the disputed East and South China Seas. Meanwhile, Japan s Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is also making arrangements to visit India.