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Updated Dec 19, 2020 | 14:44 IST
The UK side informed of its priorities during its upcoming Presidency of UNSC, including Climate and Security and famine and hunger in conflict situations. United Nations | Photo Credit: Getty Images
New Delhi: India and the United Kingdom on Friday held bilateral consultations on issues pertaining to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) through virtual conferencing, and Britain congratulated India on its election to the UNSC.
“Both sides discussed in detail a wide range of issues on UN Security Council agenda. Indian delegation briefed their UK counterparts on its priorities during its upcoming UNSC tenure, including reformed multilateralism and counter-terrorism,” India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
According to a statement of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, “Bangladesh Prime Minister expressed keen interest in the ongoing India Myanmar Thailand trilateral highway project, and sought the support of India for enabling Bangladesh to connect with this project with a view to enhancing connectivity between the regions of South and South-East Asia”.
The highway project aims to build connectivity with the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries to boost trade and commerce in the region. The project has been further extended to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
Conceptualized in 2002, the construction of the 1,360km road is moving at a slow pace. It is already beyond its completion deadline of 2016, despite the Modi government’s keen interest in the project.
December 19, 2020
Lance Naik Mangal Singh, a 26-year-old Indian Army soldier who was taken as a war prisoner during the 1971 war, is still languishing in jail in Pakistan. Almost 50 years later, his family has come to know about his whereabouts, a development that may ignite hopes in scores of others who have suffered similar ordeals.
India won the war against Pakistan because of the sheer valor and sacrifices of its armed forces and helped liberate Bangladesh, then called East Pakistan.
However, following the war, both sides captured thousands of war prisoners. The governments from India and Pakistan repatriated soldiers following the 1972 Simla Agreement. India sent back about 93,000 Pakistani soldiers and Pakistan repatriated about 600 Indian soldiers.
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