Virus fight, North Korea policy to challenge Moon s final year in office
Posted : 2021-05-09 17:24
Updated : 2021-05-09 18:30
President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during a policy briefing session on the scheme to create a 6GW floating offshore wind power complex by 2030, at the New Industrial Complex for 3D Printing in Ulsan, Thursday. Yonhap
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By Jung Da-min
With just a year left before President Moon Jae-in s term ends in May 2022, his government is facing challenges on multiple fronts including the economy and diplomacy.
Among the challenges are achieving heard immunity against the COVID-19 pandemic as soon as possible through its vaccination program, stabilizing the real estate market and reigniting Moon s now-stalemated peace process on the Korean Peninsula. Whether these are achieved will be a measure of the success of the administration, political watchers said Sunday, adding that this will als
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar returned to the country from London where he had self-isolated following reports that two diplomats from the team accompanying him had tested positive for Covid.
Jaishankar suggested in a social media post that the reports of positive tests were a false alarm and said all the team members were back in the country.
Good to be back home, all of us having tested negative for Covid. These are difficult times and false alarms do happen. Thank those who sent their good wishes. Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 7, 2021
After the UK media had broken the story, Jaishankar had acknowledged that he was made aware of exposure to possible Covid positive cases. And, as a measure of caution and also out of consideration for others, I decided to conduct my engagements in the virtual mode. That will be the case with the G7 Meeting today as well, he had posted hours after an in-person meeting with US Se
Jaishankar Holds Talks With UK Counterpart On Bilateral Trade, Covid Cooperation
The duo discussed the implementation of the ‘2030 Roadmap’ of the India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to pave way for a Free Trade Agreement Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-07T07:41:42+05:30 Jaishankar Holds Talks With UK Counterpart On Bilateral Trade, Covid Cooperation outlookindia.com 2021-05-07T07:50:34+05:30
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External affairs minister S Jaishankar held discussions with his British counterpart Dominic Raab on Thursday. The duo discussed bilateral ties, Indo-Pacific cooperation, global health challenges and the implementation of the ‘2030 Roadmap’ of the India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to pave way for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
EAM Jaishankar concludes UK visit with message of convergence
S Jaishankar reflected on the context of the COVID-19 pandemic giving the bilateral ties a greater urgency for an overdue upgrade .
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LONDON: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar left London at the end of a four-day visit to the UK on Friday with a message of convergence as the two countries agreed on an ambitious 2030 Roadmap towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Addressing a virtual event titled India and the United Kingdom in a Post-COVID World at the Policy Exchange think tank in London on Thursday evening, the minister reviewed the redefined contours of the UK-India relationship in the wake of the Virtual Summit between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Boris Johnson earlier in the week.