Tag: Diplomacy

For a man staring down the barrel of a 10-year jail sentence, Imran Khan was oddly nonchalant in court last Tuesday. As his representatives argued passionately for a fair hearing, Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister retrieved his eyeglasses, unfolded a newspaper, and did his utmost to ignore the surrounding commotion.“At one ...

France condemns in the strongest terms the attack against the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), which occurred during the weekend of January 27-28, 2024 and which cost the lives of two peacekeepers of different nationalities. Ghanaian and Pakistani. She sends her condolences to the relatives of ...

Dr Bharti GuptaThe recent Maldives-Lakshadweep controversy has led to a reflection on recognizing the soft power of tourism which has been in tandem being used as a diplomatic tool in the current controversy that erupted in the first week of 2024. PM Modi was in Lakshadweep on January 2 ...

Q- To stay on Israel, the Minister, former Minister Colonna, announced a few weeks ago that there would be sanctions taken against extremist settlers. Where is it? Do you still intend to take sanctions? And second question on Pakistan and Iran: what is your reaction to the strikes in ...

Pakistan has recalled its ambassador from Iran after accusing it of violating its airspace with strikes on the restive Balochistan province.Islamabad said two children had died in Tehran's attack, which Iranian state media said had targeted two bases of militant group Jaish al Adl. This came a day after ...

Elections in two of India’s Muslim majority neighbouring states have brought focus on the government’s diplomacy. The presidential election in Maldives was held in September last but the inauguration of new President Mohamed Muizzu was on November 17.The parliamentary election in Bangladesh followed on January 7. Prime Minister Sheikh ...

US special envoy 'hopeful' diplomacy can calm tensions between Lebanon and IsraelWe reported earlier that US special envoy Amos Hochstein said he was “hopeful” that diplomacy could calm tensions on the disputed border between Lebanon and Israel.Hochstein said both Lebanon and Israel “prefer” a diplomatic deal to end hostilities ...

People hold the national flags of China and Vietnam to welcome the arrival of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, in Hanoi on Tuesday. (FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY) China's open, transparent approach gives strong impetus to cooperation China valuing its neighbors ...

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Uzbekistan on Thursday after a trip to Kazakhstan – part of a two-day tour to boost France's footprint in Central Asia, secure raw materials and counter China's growing influence in the region. Issued on: 02/11/2023 - 13:22Modified: 02/11/2023 - 16:35 3 min Macron was ...

“As a friend to both Israel and Palestine, what we hope to see is the two countries living together in peace … The key to achieving that lies in the realisation of the two-state solution and establishment of an independent state of Palestine,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said ...