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Enhancing cooperation in all areas of mutual interest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with US President Donald Trump to convey New Year greetings.
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Increasing strategic bilateral ties, India and the US initiated the second 2+2 dialogue in Washington. The meeting was led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, from the Indian side and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper from the US side focused on sharing vision of the two sides on global perspectives, including the geopolitically significant Indo-Pacific region.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh arrived in New York today on his way to Washington for the 2+2 dialogue between the Defence and External Affairs Ministers of India and their United States counterparts. In New York, Raksha Mantri attended a reception for the Indian Community and Friends of India organised by the Consulate General of India at the Asia Society.
Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa will be on a two-day visit to India from Thursday. He will attend the second meeting of the Organising Committee on the celebrations for the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Organising Committee meeting will be presided over by President Ram Nath Kovind.
The third India-Australia Secretary-level 2+2 Dialogue was held in New Delhi today. The Indian delegation was led by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, while the Australian side was led by Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty and Foreign Secretary Frances Adamson.
Bolstering diplomacy between India and Sweden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held useful discussion with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. The leaders affirmed the common desire of building greater convergences on bilateral, regional and global matters of mutual interest.
Strengthening bilateral relations between India and Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will undertake a six-day visit to India beginning on Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday.
India-EU Strategic Partnership Review Meeting was held on Friday. The Indian side was led by Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East) and the EU side was led by Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary-General, European External Action Service.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called upon the Russian Defence Industry to jointly manufacture defence platforms and equipment with India that will give a massive boost to the nations’ exports to third countries. Raksha Mantri was addressing CEOs of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) from Russian Defence Industry after jointly inaugurating ‘India-Russia Defence Industry Cooperation Conference’ with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today met with a business delegation in New Delhi. Addressing the gathering, Merkel said, India and Germany have launched Indo-German Partnership for Green Urban Mobility and a sum of one billion dollars has been earmarked for it.
Expressing satisfaction over the progress made in the partnership between India and U.S., Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh met U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (Republican - Texas) and Maggie Hassan (Democrat - New Hampshire) on Friday. During the meeting, Raksha Mantri discussed ways to further strengthen the bilateral defence relationship. He termed the U.S. as the world’s oldest democracy and one of the most important and trusted partners of India.
Cementing the bilateral ties, India has said, it will extend a Line of Credit of over 60 million US Dollars to Comoros in the field of energy and maritime defence cooperation.
Considering good relations as an important pillar of India’s foreign policy, Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu has described India-France Strategic Partnership as an important pillar of India’s foreign policy and said that India and France could act as harbingers of peace and stability.
The Indian Delegation met prominent representatives from the International Film Fraternity on the third day of Toronto International Film Festival 2019. The discussions were wide-ranging which included participation at the Golden Jubilee Edition of IFFI, the possibility of taking forward Government thrust of “Ease of filming in India”, recent initiatives to promote film facilitation in the form of single window clearance and the growth potential of different verticals under the M&E Sector of India.
"The Indo-Pacific area is our lifeline and also the highway for trade and prosperity," says External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar while speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club, a Moscow-based think tank and discussion forum. He also said, "The changing world had thrown up new concepts and approaches and the Indo-Pacific was one of them."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Tuesday. During the conversation, PM Modi raised the issue of violence against the High Commission of India celebrating Independence Day outside the Indian Mission in London.
The Indian Coast Guard held a High-Level Meeting (HLM) with the Sri Lanka Coast Guard at Coast Guard Headquarters on Wednesday. The meeting took place under the provisions of the MoU signed between the two sides for the establishment of a collaborative relationship to combat transnational illegal activities at sea and develop regional co-operation. During the meeting, both sides agreed to strengthen co-operation in addressing a spectrum of maritime issues concerning safety and security.
PM Modi and Bhutanese PM Dr. Tshering at joint press meet in Bhutan
Underlining the importance of collaboration between the defence industry and start-ups, India and the US has agreed to pursue a policy environment. An understanding in this regard was reached during the 15th meeting of the India-US Defence Policy Group (DPG) in Washington on Friday. The meeting took stock of the progress made in various fields of defence cooperation in recent years, including in defence trade, technology, procurement, industry, research and development.
The 5th India-EU High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Mobility (HLDMM)was held in New Delhi on Thursday. Both sides reaffirmed that migration and mobility are important dimensions of the strategic partnership between India and EU and exchanged views on further initiatives and steps aimed at realizing the full potential of further strengthening cooperation in this area.
Tying better relations between the two nations, Foreign Minister of United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on an official visit to India, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.
Raising concerns about India’s trade deficit with Indonesia which stood at USD 10.57 billion in India’s trade deficit with Indonesia during 2018-19, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, held a bilateral meeting with Indonesian Minister of Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Troika Meeting with ASEAN Trade Ministers.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur addressed prominent business leaders of UAE during a business leader’s forum in Dubai on Monday. He said that the state offers attractive incentives under its industrial policy to boost investments.
Discussing the ways to strengthen ties between India and Russia, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev in New Delhi on Wednesday. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said both leaders discussed various aspects of India-Russia relationship including the visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Vladivostok for the Eastern Economic Forum in September this year.
France stands with India against terrorism says French foreign Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne during his visit to New Delhi today. Also, speaking on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, the French Minister said that the fight against terrorism is our priority. France stands alongside India in this fight and I think we must address different things - cybersecurity.
Friday’s Foreign Office Consultations between India and the United Kingdom resolved to step up cooperation in the key areas of maritime security, counter-terrorism and climate change. It also helped to enhance the bilateral relations more. The Indian side was led by Shri Vijay Gokhale, Foreign Secretary and the UK side was led by Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK Government.
India and France's relationship achieved a new milestone as the former chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr AS Kiran Kumar was conferred France’s highest civilian award ‘Chevalier of Order of the Legion of Honour’ for his contribution to India-France space cooperation on Thursday.
India is engaging with various countries on several levels. India is now ‘Acting on East’ rather than ‘looking on East’. Now, furthering this commitment, As a part of India’s ‘Act East Policy’, 1st India-Korea 2+2 dialogue will take place once the new government is formed as well as the defense secretary takes over next month.
Indonesia on Tuesday released a special commemorative stamp on the theme of Ramayana to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties with India. The stamp, designed by renowned Indonesian sculptor Padmashri Bapak Nyoman Nuart, features a scene from Hindu epic Ramayana in which Jatayu valiantly fought to save Sita.
A book containing English translation of the 100-year-old classic Punjabi poem about Jallianwala Bagh massacre, 'Khooni Vaisakhi' has been released in Abu Dhabi. India's Ambassador to the UAE Navdeep Singh Suri commended the launch of the book, saying the ballad is now reaching a global audience.
In the wake of worsening security situation in Libya, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today urged Indians living in the capital Tripoli to leave the war-ravaged country immediately. The foreign minister further informed that 500 Indian nationals continue to be in the Libyan capital despite the travel ban to the North African country.
In the backdrop of the growing maritime engagement between India and Vietnam, the Indian Navy undertook the second edition of the bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Vietnam Peoples’ Navy at/ off Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam from Saturday to Tuesday.
With an aim to defeat and destroy terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, India and Chile have agreed to work together to strengthen the global response to it. President Ram Nath Kovind who was on an official visit to Chile said this after a brief Tete-a-Tete with his Chilean counterpart. President said that both countries committed themselves to further strengthen the economic partnership.
India and the United States have jointly raised voice against Pakistan to take meaningful, irreversible and verifiable action against terrorists and terror groups operating from its soil. Indian and US officials met in Washington on Friday for the sixteenth meeting of the US-India Counter-terrorism Joint Working Group and the second session of the US-India Designations Dialogue.
Indian relations with Croatia got a boost by President Ram Nath Kovind visit to the country. “India is known as the land of culture and spiritualism in Croatia”, these words of Prez Kovind echoed while addressing the Croatian-Indian Economic Forum on Wednesday.
To celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, India has offered a sculpture of the father of the nation to Croatia during President Ram Nath Kovind's official visit.
To deepen the diplomatic relations, President Ram Nath Kovind has left on a three-nation visit to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile. In the first leg of his visit, President Kovind will reach Zagreb, the capital of Croatia this evening.
PM Modi receives the 'Seoul Peace Prize' in Republic of South Korea
New Year with old relations, India and Nepal commit towards strengthening relations by deepening their bilateral ties. Reviewing the developments in bilateral ties across various diverse sectors, the two countries have achieved progressive growth in three transformative launches in agriculture, railway and waterways projects. The countries have expressed deep satisfaction at the significant progress intensifying diplomatic relations.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, who is on a three-day visit to Paris, represented India at the Armistice of World War I centenary commemoration in Paris yesterday. Armistice Day marks the 100 years since the end of World War One on 11 November 1918. Around 70 leaders including US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel participated in the event in the French Capital.
India’s stability, consistency, transparency and reform agenda coupled with a safe and structured financial system makes India one of the most attractive FDI destinations says Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu while addressing the gathering after inaugurating the Global Expo Botswana 2018, in Gaborone, Botswana on Wednesday.
Liberating fruitful engagements on the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held delegation talks to fortify the relations between the countries. India and Russia etched 8 pacts including on cooperation on India's ambitious human space mission project Gaganyaan, along with a deal for the purchase of the S-400 Triumf air defence system from Russia.
India and Malta are on the path to cemetify their relations as they both have signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in the fields of Maritime Cooperation, Tourism and Training after delegation-level talks between Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu and President of Malta, Ms. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca.
Jharkhand to have an international partner for its development China as it will join the state at the Food Processing Summit slated in November, visiting Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Tuesday.
‘Sixty years of successful Indo-Gerrman Development Cooperation’ taking this mantra further, India and Germany have signed an agreement on financial and technical cooperation focusing on sustainable urban development and renewable energy.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in land of one of the Ancient Civilizations, Rome to strengthen the modern partnership on Sunday as part of her visit to Italy. She is on a seven-day visit to four European nations - Italy, France, Luxembourg, and Belgium.
Joint Session of India and Singapore
PM Modi Interacts with Students of Nanyang Technical University Singapore
Recently we saw PM Modi, MEA Sushma Swaraj, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited China to enhance the relations between the nations. Now the MoS for Tourism K. J. Alphons visited China to attend the Tourism Ministers’ conference by Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Wuhan on Wednesday.
With leaders of 53 member-countries’ participation including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting -CHOGM began in London today.
