KATHMANDU: Nepal’s new foreign minister Arzu Deuba Rana on Sunday embarked on a five-day official visit to India during which she will meet external affairs minister S Jaishankar to discuss ways to strengthen the bilateral ties and promote cooperation.Rana is visiting India at the invitation of Jaishankar, the foreign ministry said in a statement. This…
NEW DELHI: As the election race heats up in US, India’s external affair minister weighed in and reiterated that New Delhi is prepared to work with Washington, regardless of who reaches the oval office. Referring to last 2o years of relationship between the two democracies, the EAM said, “We have every confidence that we will…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of a thaw in India-Maldives ties for the past few months, President Mohamed Muizzu met visiting India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar on Saturday and, as they presided over a ceremony for the inauguration of water and sanitation projects spread over 28 islands, called India one of Maldives’ closest allies and invaluable…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday announced that India and Maldives have signed an agreement to introduce Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in the archipelago nation.This comes as Jaishankar is in three-day official visit to the Maldives.Taking to X Jaishankar said, “Witnessed signing of MoU between (the) National Payments Corporation of India and…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar Friday said the govt is awaiting release of 69 Indians recruited into Russian army and that in many cases there are indications that the Indian nationals were misled into joining that country’s armed forces. So far, Jaishankar said there are 91 Indian nationals recruited into Russian army. Out…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar landed in Maldives on Friday, beginning a three-day official visit to the island nation from August 9-11. This visit is significant as it marks the first high-level engagement between India and the Maldives since the election of President Mohamed Muizzu, who has shifted the island nation’s foreign policy…
NEW DELHI: UK foreign secretary David Lammy dialled his counterpart S Jaishankar on Thursday amid the suspense over where Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India from Dhaka on Monday, might be headed. Jaishankar said the two discussed the situation in Bangladesh and West Asia.MEA didn’t confirm if India discussed Hasina’s asylum with the UK or…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar is set to pay an official visit to the Maldives from August 9 to August 11. This visit marks the first high level engagement by India with the Maldives since Mohamed Muizzu assumed the presidency late last year.Jaishankar’s visit comes after the recent trip of President Muizzu to India, where…
NEW DELHI/LONDON: After reports that deposed Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was headed West, or London in all likelihood, it emerged Tuesday that she might have to stay put in India for days, if not longer. With India tight-lipped about how long it can allow her to stay here and the UK effectively ruling out asylum…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday gave the first official confirmation of Sheikh Hasina‘s presence in India and gave details of the circumstances under which the former Bangladesh prime minister was allowed to come at short notice after she resigned on Monday following massive protests and violence.“On August 4, attack on police…
