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Lithuania concerns over diplomats' safety 'purely groundless': China
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 17 (ANI): Hitting out at Lithuania for withdrawing its diplomats from China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry termed the Lithuanian side's concerns around diplomats' safety "purely groundless", clarifying that the Chinese side always attaches high importance to protecti
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Chinese envoy urges Japan to not join US-led diplomatic boycott of Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 17 (ANI): Chinese ambassador to Japan, Kong Xuanyou, on Thursday urged Japan not to join the US-led diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights issues.
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No plans to attend Beijing Winter Olympics, says Japanese PM Kishida
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 16 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that he has no plans to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics pointing out that he is considering multiple options over the US-led diplomatic boycott of the games, reported Kyodo News.
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Biden nominates career diplomat Caroline Kennedy to be US envoy to Austral
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): President Joe Biden has nominated career diplomat Caroline Kennedy to be the next US Ambassador to Australia, the White House said.
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China controls influencers through state, non-state actors
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 15 (ANI): Beijing has started to use both state and non-state actors in an effort to influence the influencers through myriad methods.
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Lithuania recalls envoy to China for consultations amid tensions over Taiw
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], December 15 (ANI): Lithuania has announced that it had recalled its top diplomat in China for consultations and that the embassy in Beijing would operate remotely.
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Nicaraguan nationals in Taiwan disappointed, concerned about future after
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei, [Taiwan], December 14 (ANI): The decision of the Nicaraguan government to cut diplomatic ties with Taipei has saddened and shocked their nationals residing in Taiwan, and students, in particular, are worried about their futures, reported local media.
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China's spending on diplomacy dips as US splurges
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Beijing [China], December 13 (ANI): China is downsizing its diplomatic spending, even as it talks about the country's expanding ambitions on the world stage.
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G7 calls on Russia to pursue diplomatic channels amid Ukraine border tensi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], December 13 (ANI): The G7 Foreign Ministers and the High Representative of the European Union on Monday called on Russia to abide by its international commitments on transparency of military activities amid the ongoing tensions near the Ukraine border.
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German parliament passes resolution on deepening ties with Taiwan amid ten
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 12 (ANI): The German parliament has passed a resolution on deepening ties with Taiwan amid rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing, local media reported on Sunday.
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Experts lambast Pakistan for promoting radicalisation, posing threat to re
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New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): Diplomats, politicians and experts lambasted Pakistan for promoting radicalisation and using hard-line fundamentalists for their own interest that poses a threat to regional peace and stability.
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US Assistant Secretary of State Donfried to visit Moscow, Kyiv: Washington
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Karen Donfried, will visit Moscow and Kiev from December 13-15, and then will meet with EU representatives in Brussels to discuss diplomatic resolution of the situation in Ukraine
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