Russia isnât hyphenating India-Pakistan but balancing both for its win-win plan
Seeing Russia s new approach to South Asia as hyphenating India and Pakistan ignores the grand strategic motives of Moscow s Greater Eurasian Partnership.
Andrew Korybko 15 April, 2021 8:31 am IST Text Size:
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ThePrint recently published an article titled âHas Russia Hyphenated India & Pakistan? Growing Moscow-Islamabad Ties Have Delhi ‘Worried’â, which cites top sources who shared their concerns about the India-Russia relationship. Nobody should doubt that those said sources veritably exist and sincerely believe in what they said, but it’s arguably the case that their interpretation of events is shaped by a lingering problem of perceptions between Russia and India. Both countries have risen as Great Powers over the past decade and are more confidently asserting their interests outside of their regions. Russia currently purs
SCCI, Iranian diplomat for bolstering trade
Peshawar
April 15, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Sherbaz Bilour and Iranian Consul General in Peshawar Hamid Reza Ghomi have agreed to make joint efforts to boost the bilateral trade and economic relations between the two brotherly Islamic countries.
The agreement was reached during a meeting held between them here at the Chamber’s House on Wednesday, which attended by SCCI Senior Vice-President Engineer Manzoor Elahi, Iranian Second Consul (Economic Section) Seyed Ebrahim Dehnadi and other officials of the Iranian Consulate.
Both sides agreed on strengthening the Pak-Iranian trade and economic relations by signing in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the introduction of an effective banking channel, the establishment of markets at border region, elimination of illegal trade, exchange of business delegation, organizing joint trade exhibition, B2B meetings.
CHINA: Dealing With Hidden Flaws : April 15, 2021: The continuing trade war with the United States has had growing impact on both countries. Over the last year there were many months where China dropped into second place as the largest trading partner of the U.S., replaced by Mexico. China and the U.S. have been reducing or halting exports of key items to each other. This is disrupting production in both countries. The American response has been to resume production of items it allowed China to create market dominance or a monopoly in. China is less able to do this and the trade war is exposing how China is more vulnerable than the United States. Some aspects of this vulnerability are sensitive issues China refuses to recognize. For example, China is a communist police state and the current communist government regards that as an advantage, not an impediment to survival. With its market economy run by a dictatorship China has become the classic definition of a fascist state
PESHAWAR, April 15 (Gwadar Pro) - In order to uplift backward and underprivileged southern parts of the province, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has expedited the completion of legal formalities to begin work on Daraban Economic Zone (DEZ) in Dera Ismail Khan.
DEZ is located right on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)’s western alignment linking KP and Balochistan province. The 3,125-acre DEZ would be one of the largest economic zones of the country. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC) will develop and manage the economic zone.
Last year, the KP Government proposed the inclusion of DEZ into CPEC. The zone is expected to be included in CPEC during the upcoming meetings of CPEC’s principal decision-making body.
Ambassador Rong assures expeditious provision of vaccines to deal with the pandemic s third wave
SINDH/
KARACHI:
Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday and pledged Beijing s utmost to help Pakistan deal with the latest Covid-19 surge. During the meeting, views were exchanged on China’s experience of poverty alleviation, Covid-19 situation, and bilateral relations, said an official statement.
PM Imran, the communique added, congratulated the Chinese leadership on achieving the momentous goal of eradicating extreme poverty and underlined that Pakistan was keen to learn from the experience.
He highlighted that Pakistan was currently facing the third wave of Covid-19 and the government was taking necessary measures to combat it, devising an elaborate plan of vaccination across the country.