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US Defence Secretary Esper in Kabul to take peace talks forward
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 20 (ANI): United States' Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday arrived here with the aim to reach a peace agreement with Afghanistan.
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Turkey can return to F-35 if it quits S-400 programme: Pentagon Chief
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Pentagon chief Mark Esper on Wednesday stated that Turkey could return to the F-35 programme if it opted out of Russia's S-400 air defence system.
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US Defence Secretary has telephonic conversation with Rajnath, appreciates
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
US Defence Secretary has telephonic conversation with Rajnath, appreciates India's position on J-K New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held telephonic conversation with US Defence Secretary Mark T Esper on Tuesday in which Esper appreciated India's position
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S Korean, US defence officials to meet in Seoul on Aug 9
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): The South Korean Defence Ministry on Wednesday said that its Defence Minister, Jeong Kyeong-doo, is slated to hold a meeting with the new US Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, on August 9.
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US confirms Trump nominee Mark Esper's appointment as Secretary of Defence
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed former soldier Mark Esper as the new secretary of defence.
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S-400 acquisition 'necessity, not preference': Turkey to US
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jul 13 (ANI): Turkey's acquisition of Russia's S-400 surface-to-air missile defence systems is a "necessity" and not a "preference", the country's defence minister Hulusi Akar told his US counterpart Mark Esper.
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Trump nominates Esper as next Secretary of Defence
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Mark Esper to be the next defence secretary after Patrick Shanahan abruptly withdrew from the confirmation process earlier this week.
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Shanahan to leave Pentagon, Mark Esper to take over: Trump
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jun 19 (ANI): The United States' Acting Secretary of Defence, Patrick Shanahan, will step down from his post to "devote more time to his family," as per US President Donald Trump.
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CAF suspends referee Gehad Grisha for poor performance in African Champion
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], May 29 (ANI): African football's governing body, Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Wednesday suspended one of its referees, Gehad Grisha, following his poor performance in the first leg of the African Champions League final.
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