No immediate reason for Dhaka to be concerned on CAA-NRC, says Bangladesh foreign secretary
In an interview to ThePrint, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen also says Dhaka views Indo-Pacific region more as an economic opportunity than security grouping.
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New Delhi: Dhaka has said it has no “immediate reason” to be concerned about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 as it has been “assured” by New Delhi that it is India’s internal matter and will have no impact on them, according to Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen.
In an interview to ThePrint, Momen said Dhaka is in touch with New Delhi on this matter, nevertheless.
Nepal foreign minister Gyawali to visit India mid-January amid crisis at home
P.K. Gyawali will be accompanied by a high-powered delegation, and is set to discuss all issues of bilateral importance , including the Kalapani-Lipulekh border dispute.
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New Delhi: Amid the growing political and constitutional crisis in Kathmandu, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali is all set to visit New Delhi in mid-January to hold the India-Nepal joint commission meeting with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, ThePrint has learnt.
Gyawali will be accompanied by a high-powered delegation, and will discuss “all issues of bilateral importance”, which includes the contentious Kalapani-Lipulekh border issue, official sources told ThePrint.
India delivering COVID-19 vaccines to Oman reflects friendship spanning millennia: Jaishankar ANI | Updated: Jan 31, 2021 03:31 IST
Muscat [Oman], January 31 (ANI): A consignment of India-made vaccines arrived in Muscat on Saturday, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar adding that India providing vaccines to Oman is a friendship spanning millennia. Made in India vaccines arrive in Muscat. Reflects a deep friendship, spanning millennia, the External Affairs Minister wrote on Twitter. Vaccines made in India arrive in Muscat. It reflects a deep friendship spanning thousands of years, the Indian Embassy in Muscat also wrote from its official Twitter Handle retweeting Jaishankar s tweet.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on Thursday said India plans to gift vaccine doses to Oman, CARICOM countries, Nicaragua, Pacific Island states.
Updated: Friday, January 29, 2021, 17:21 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 29: External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar clearly outlined that the only way forward for India and China is for the armies to go back to their permanent bases along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh.
On Thursday, Jaishankar outlined eight broad principles for repairing ties between India and China that included strict adherence to all agreements on management of the Line of Actual Control, mutual respect and sensitivity, and recognising each other s aspirations as rising Asian powers.
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In an address at an online conference on India-China ties, Jaishankar said the events in eastern Ladakh last year have profoundly disturbed the relationship and asserted that any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo along the LAC is completely unacceptable .