NEW DELHI: NSA Ajit Doval on Wednesday held talks with his US counterpart Jake Sullivan on bilateral ties, including defence and security cooperation, and regional and global issues amid tensions in ties over murder-for-hire plot.The two leaders discussed the need for further efforts to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region and globally, the White House…
NEW DELHI: In a joint statement issued after the Modi-Scholz meeting, India and Germany stressed the importance of the Indo-Pacific for prosperity and security as well as for addressing global challenges. Both sides also highlighted the importance of freedom of navigation and of unimpeded maritime routes in accordance with International Law, in all maritime domains,…
Underlining a “collective desire for restoration of peace and stability in West Asia and Eurasia as soon as possible”, PM Modi iterated that “solutions cannot be found in battlefields”, and that India, in fulfilling its responsibilities as a “vishwabandhu”, would continue to make every effort to contribute to peace efforts.“I come from the land of…
Malabar exercise. (File photo) NEW DELHI: The top-notch Malabar naval exercise of India, the US, Japan and Australia will kick off in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, amid China’s continuing muscle-flexing in the South China Sea and expanding strategic footprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).The 28th edition of the Malabar exercise being hosted…
NEW DELHI: India and the US will intensify ongoing efforts to “deepen the major defence partnership” between the two countries in support of “a free and open” Indo-Pacific, the Pentagon said on Saturday.The crucial Indo-Pacific, the evolving geopolitical situation and key regional security issues were focus of the discussion between defence minister Rajnath Singh and…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh will head for Washington later this month, in the first high-level visit to the US after PM Modi’s recent trip to Russia led to some diplomatic ripples and at a time when there has been considerable delay in supply of American jet engines for the indigenous Tejas fighters.Singh is…
China expectedly loomed over the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting in Tokyo Monday as India, US, Australia and Japan expressed serious concern over Beijing’s “dangerous manoeuvres” in the South China Sea (SCS) and called for an Indo-Pacific in which no country dominates and no country is dominated.In a first, India also joined others in upholding in…
