At the 10th Bilateral Consultation Mechanism meeting on the South China Sea held on September 11 in Beijing, Philippines Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma Theresa Lazaro said her country has jurisdiction over the shoal even as Beijing is demanding that Manila leave the feature.
Gandhi also met US diplomat Donald Lu and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, as well as officials from the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, during his Washington DC visit.
Germany has opposed China's objections to its planned naval transit through the Taiwan Strait. Michael Roth, Chair of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, defended the legality and necessity of the transit for maintaining freedom of navigation and regional stability. Despite Ch
"It (India-Norway ties) has huge potential. When I was the foreign minister, we issued an India strategy, which was the first ever from Norway's side and this has been followed by an agreement on FTA between EFTA and India, which offers huge potential for doing more trade and collaboration,"
The meeting was chaired by Khalid Abdulla Belhoul, Under-Secretary of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Hugo Rodriguez, Acting Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Consular Affairs in the US Department of State.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received, separately, on Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Lars Lokke Rasmussen and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, Egypt's State Information Service reported.
During the meeting, which took place at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi, Badr conveyed to President the greetings of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, along with his wishes for continued progress and prosperity for the UAE
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received His Excellency Dr Badr Abdel Ati, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Migration of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, who is also in charge of foreign affairs, attacked the Imran Khan administration on Saturday for allegedly making poor decisions in his tenure as the country's Prime Minister, especially when it came to security and economic matters, Dawn reported.