Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Asia Economic Dialogue 2021 (AED 2021) jointly convened by the Ministry of External Affairs and Pune International Centre (PIC) will be held over three days from Friday, February 26 to Sunday, February 28.
Sandeep DikshitTribune News ServiceNew Delhi, February 9
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday night as an apparent follow-up to the
PM Modi- Afghan President Ghani to meet virtually today
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Published: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 8:20 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 09: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will meet with Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani today virtually.
This would be the PM s first virtual summit in 2021. The summit would see many announcements being made. The two leaders are likely to sign an agreement on the Shatoot Dam that would provide clean water to 2 million residents of Kabul.
This would be the second dam India will be building in the country after the Salma or India-Afghanistan friendship dam in the Herat Province. The agreement was announced by External Affairs Minister, Dr. S Jaishankar during his address to the Afghanistan 2020 conference in November last year.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a comprehensive conversation.
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NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday held a comprehensive conversation, focusing on developments in the Indo-Pacific as well as cooperation under the framework of the Quad.
The telephonic conversation between Jaishankar and Blinken came a day after US President Joe Biden spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time after the new American administration took charge.
In a tweet, Jaishankar said views on the situation in Myanmar were also exchanged.