However, the actual reason that Pakistan did not join the summit was China. Pakistan's decision was complicated as the US did not invite China and Turkey while Taiwan attended the summit, reported The Express Tribune.
While addressing the reporters following the meeting with China's Qin gang, Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said that he sought consular access to the Japanese citizen and urged China to provide transparency in the judicial process.
"We have serious a dispute with China and after 2020, there is tension on the border," Jaishankar said, adding, "Our relationship with China is not normal and it could not be normal if there is a large military force at the Line of Actual Control."
Three years after arresting 122 Chinese nationals from different parts of Kathmandu for their suspicious activities, police on Tuesday nabbed nine Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in online fraud. Police also arrested 10 Nepalis who were allegedly helping them in the business.
Growth in developing East Asia and the Pacific is forecast to accelerate in 2023 as China's economy reopens, while the pace of growth in most of the economies in the rest of the region is anticipated to ease after a strong rebound last year, a World Bank report said.
In the South Korean-based East Asia Foundation, the writer said that China couldn't let go of its "weak" neighbour Myanmar as it provides Beijing with direct access to the Indian ocean and also makes it possible to bypass the contested South China Sea.
The demonstrations, dubbed by Chinese media as a "grey hair movement," are another rare rebuke for authorities after widespread protests gripped the country in November against Covid lockdowns.
This has implications for India's strategic interests in the region, as New Delhi seeks to counter China's growing influence in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region. With the Coco Island developments, India may soon face a new airbase close by in a country increasingly tied to Beijing.
China's unrealistic goals are hurting its economic growth prospects and it has backed off its yearly economic growth target resulting in pummelled consumer spending, manufacturing and trade.
"Today marks 73rd anniversary of establishment of diplomatic ties between China and India. Guided by the important consensus of the leaders, let's steer bilateral relations from the perspective of respective national rejuvenation, and be partners on paths to modernization," the Chinese Embas
The mobile coastal missile batteries were cleared by the Defence Ministry recently and a contract was signed with the BrahMos Aerospace corporation on March 30 in this regard.