Indian External Affairs Minister appreciates Qatar for its support
09 May 2021 - 8:46
The Peninsula
Doha: Indian External Affairs Minister H E Dr S Jaishankar has appreciated Qatar’s leadership and Qatar Airways for providing support in fighting Covid-19 pandemic.
“The goodwill of Qatar. By air and sea,” said S Jaishankar on his Twitter handle sharing some tweets’ images of the Embassy of India in Qatar and Indian Navy.
“The images of the said tweets shared by External Affairs Minister had lauded Qatar’s leadership and Qatar Airways for transporting medical supplies to help India curb COVID-19 infection.
“Grateful to Qatar’s leadership and Qatar Airways for transporting 300 tonnes of medical aid ventilators, concentrators, PPE, free of charge, from around world by three cargo planes which are enroute to Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Deeply value this critical logistical transportation support,” Embassy of India tweeted a few days ago.
The external affairs minister’s absence stood out as the other 14 members of the Security Council sent minister-level officials to the meeting held virtually United Nations: India’s External Affairs M.
Jaishankar boycotts high-level, ministerial Security Council meeting China convened
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Jaishankar boycotts high-level, ministerial Security Council meeting China convened. Image Source: IANS News
United Nations, May 8 : India s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has boycotted a high-level Security Council meeting at the ministerial level that was convened by China, which is the body s President for this month.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla represented India at Friday s high-level meeting on multilateralism that was presided over by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Coming amid tensions between India and China, Jaishankar s absence stood out as the other 14 members of the Security Council sent minister-level officials to the meeting held virtually.
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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
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Maldives’ first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital, police said.
Home Minister Imran Abdulla told a local television that Nasheed’s injuries were not life-threatening and that the government will get the assistance of foreign agencies in the investigations.
Police said they were investigating and urged people to avoid the blast area in the capital, Male, in a text message that didn’t give further details.
Photos circulated on social media showed a ripped-up motorcycle at the scene but police did not say whether the blast was an assassination attempt. However, neighboring India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in a tweet described the blast as an attack on Nasheed.