- This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events - WEDNESDAY, MAR. 03 LONDON – OPEC + key ministers meet amid oil price recovery (to Mar.4). ISTANBUL – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet with his Georgian counterpart David Zalkaliani and hold a joint news conference – 1030 GMT. OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne speak to reporters about the COVID-19 pandemic – 1630 GMT. BELGRADE – EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak visits Serbia, meets top officials including President Aleksandar Vucic – 1700 GMT.
KYIV/CHIȘINAU/TBILISI – President of the European Council Charles Michel will travel to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia (Final Day) BERLIN – 71st Berlin International Film Festival (to Mar. 5). NUR-SULTAN – President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will make an official visit to Kazakhstan. (Final Day). LISBON
Wang Yi Speaks with Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar on the Phone
2021/02/26
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked on the phone with Minister for External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on 25 February.
Wang Yi noted that what had led to the situation last year at the China-India boundary was clear and that lessons from the past deserve deep contemplation. There has been some wavering and backpedaling in India s China policy, and practical cooperation between the two countries has been affected. This does not serve the interests of either side. Decades of experiences have shown repeatedly that heightening differences does not help solve problems, and that it only erodes the basis of mutual trust.
India starts shipping Covid-19 vaccines to Africa under COVAX facility
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Last month, the MEA announced that India plans to supply 1 crore vaccine doses to Africa and 10 lakh to UN health workers under COVAX facility
Serum Institute of India earlier today despatched its first batch of vaccine shots for the Covax global inoculation programme
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India on Tuesday started shipping Covid-19 vaccines to Africa under the COVAX facility as Anurag Srivastava, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, calls it commitment to help the world with COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, abbreviated as COVAX, is a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines led by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and others.
India inks $304 mn AIIB loan agreement for Assam power transmission projects
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The project plans to construct 10 transmission substations, upgrading 15 existing substations, laying transmission lines and building associated infrastructure
This comes in the backdrop of the govt working on improving electricity transmission and distribution architecture for northeastern states
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New Delhi: India on Tuesday inked a $304 million loan agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), for improving the power transmission network in Assam.
The Assam intra-state transmission system enhancement project plans to construct 10 transmission substations, upgrading 15 existing substations, laying transmission lines and building associated infrastructure.
TUESDAY, FEB. 23 KABUL – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. COLOMBO – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (to Feb. 24). KYIV – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will pay a working visit to Ukraine (to Feb. 24). PARIS – Macedonia foreign minister Bujar Osmani visit France. ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets his Turkmenistan counterpart Rashid Meredov and holds a news conference. They then hold a trilateral meeting with Azeri counterpart Ceyhun Bayramov and a joint news conference – 1100 GMT. BERLIN – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer speak at a summit to review Germany’s housing and construction policies – 1215 GMT. BRUSSELS – Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the digita