Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu thanked India for its support to the island nation in easing its debt repayment and affirmed hope that New Delhi and Male would forge stronger ties and sign a free trade agreement.
Italy had last year pulled out of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), having been the only G7 country to sign up in 2019 to the infrastructure and transportation plan that seeks to build a sort of modern-day Silk Road.
Apparently with China's assertiveness in the East and South China seas in mind, the three countries also reaffirmed that they "strongly oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the waters of the Indo-Pacific."
A US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting also referred to as the "2+2" in Tokyo today was attended by the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Japan Minister of Defence Kihara Minoru apart from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa.
In the statement, Svenska Uyghur Kommitten has called on the Swiss government and international community to acknowledge the expansionist policies of China in East Turkistan and demand transparency and accountability from China.
Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) has appreciated the unanimous endorsement of the US Senate Appropriations Committee (USSC) over restricting US visas for Chinese officials related to the detention of Gulshan Abbas, an Uyghur activist sentenced to over 20 years imprisonment by China.
A Tibetan human rights activist told ANI that the forced closure of this highly renowned school signals the intensification of the Chinese government's accelerated and systematic campaign to assimilate Tibetan cultural identity into the dominant Han Chinese majority
To explore how locals in the self-governed island feel, which China claims as its own, American director Garret Clarke decided to make the 20-minute documentary film titled ""What's in a Name? A Chinese Taipei Story."
A US-based organisation called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow Taiwan to compete under its own name instead of "Chinese Taipei", reported Taiwan News.