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US lawmakers urge IOC to consider alternative locations for 2022 Beijing O
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 8 (ANI): Top US lawmakers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a resolution on Monday (local time), urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Games, citing human rights violation against Uyghur by the Chinese governmen
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Top US Congressman lauds India's decision to exclude Chinese companies fro
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 6 (ANI): Michael McCaul, US House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican, and China Task Force Chairman, has praised India's decision to exclude Chinese "Communist Party-controlled" companies from participating in the country's 5G networks.
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US house resolution urges Biden to refer China's Uyghur 'genocide' to UN
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 15 (ANI): A bipartisan resolution was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, condemning China's "genocide" of Uyghurs and other minorities while urging US President Joe Biden to refer the crackdown to the United Nations.
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Indian American Congressman Ami Bera re-named as Chair of House Foreign Af
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 29 (ANI): The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday announced that it has re-elected Indian American veteran Congressman Ami Bera, D-California, to again serve as chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation.
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Senior Russian lawmaker says US-Russia rivalry will continue under Biden
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): There will be no breakthroughs in the US-Russia relations under President-Elect Joe Biden as Washington's military and political rivalry with Moscow will continue, Konstantin Kosachev, the chairman of the Russian upper house's foreign affairs commi
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US will remain steadfast in support to India's effort to defend its sovere
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): Expressing bipartisan support for the United States and India's relationship, two American lawmakers stressed that Washington will remain steadfast in support of New Delhi's efforts to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity amidst China's aggression
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Pakistan continues to disobey UNSC resolutions on Kashmir, PoK activist in
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK] May 12 (ANI): A political activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Shabir Choudhry has written to British lawmaker and Leader of Opposition, Keir Starmer, informing that Pakistan has disobeyed the UN Security Council's resolutions on Kashmir.
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US Foreign Affairs Committee launches inquiry into Trump's decision to hal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 28 (ANI): US House Committee on Foreign Affairs launched an inquiry into the Donald Trump administration's decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), committee chairman Eliot Engel said on Monday.
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Indian envoy meets congressman McCaul, discusses India-US relations
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 11 (ANI): Indian envoy Taranjit Singh Sandhu met US congressman Michael McCaul here on Tuesday and discussed strategic India and US relations.
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Foreign minister should not be pressurised to meet politicians having own
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The US House of Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) insisted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to hold a unilateral meet with the Indian origin lawmaker Pramila Jayapal who is a non-member of the committee but the meeting was turned down by New Delhi, sourc
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Support for relationship with India strong in US Congress: Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], Dec 21 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held an engaging discussion with members of the House of Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) during their visit to Washington DC.
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Indian-American Congressman appointed chairman of crucial US House subcomm
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], Dec 14 (ANI): Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera has been appointed as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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