PM Modi dials Joe Biden, discusses regional, climate change issues
PM Modi and Joe Biden agreed to work together on the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuild the global economy that benefits the people of both countries, and stand together against the scourge of global terrorism
BusinessToday.In | February 9, 2021 | Updated 08:22 IST
Previously, Biden and PM Modi had a talk on the telephone when the former was announced as the President-elect in November 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called newly elected US President Joe Biden and the two leaders discussed regional, environmental, and other issues.
The Prime Minister, in a tweet, wrote, We discussed regional issues and our shared priorities. We also agreed to further our co-operation against climate change . Further, PM Modi said he and Biden are committed to a rules-based international order.
(Former High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in India)
The title of this article may baffle the readers. I chose it knowing well that the critics of India desirous of seeing Minister Jaishankar lose would be offended.
Dr. Jaishankar, the Indian Minister of External Affairs visited Sri Lanka from 4 to 7 January on the invitation of Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena hoping for nothing but victory.
The media eagerly awaited press statements. The outcomes of all high-level discussions are not included in the media statements, but observers read between the lines. This article is based on the statements covering three specific areas devolution, development, and defense/security.
India as Natural Ally of the West- Reflected in Indian Foreign Policy Formulations 2020
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 12/21/2020 - 14:19
Paper No. 6716 Dated 21-Dec-2020
By Dr Subhash Kapila
India stood firmly embedded as ‘Natural Ally of the West” in 2020 as future historians of India’s foreign policy would record in the years to come assessing from the pattern, trend and intensity of India’s strategic partnerships exhibited in India’s foreign policy 2014-20 under BJP PM Narendra Modi.
India’s foreign policy narcisstic dalliance with Communist China by India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru until 1962 and Indian foreign policy flirtations with Soviet Union by Nehru’s daughter PM Indira Gandhi from mid-1960s to 1980s were deviant foreign policy adventurism with totalitarian Communist regimes totally at variance with Nehru’s commitment to democracy and democratic values.