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'Rapid US troops withdrawal would increase bloodshed', says Afghan Envoy
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 2 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy Umer Daudzai has said that the rapid withdrawal of US troops from the country would only create a "vacuum and increase bloodshed".
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US special envoy for Pyongyang talks to meet counterparts from two Koreas
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 1 (ANI): In the run-up to the second USA-North Korea summit, the United States' Special Representative for North Korea will be travelling to Seoul on February 3 to hold meetings with his counterparts from both North and South Korea.
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Putin's envoy in Pakistan to discuss Afghan peace process
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad (Pakistan), Jan 29 (ANI): Russia's special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to discuss the Afghan peace process, in the wake of the US and Taliban agreeing on a framework deal to end the 17-year-old conflict in Afghanistan.
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James Jeffrey appointed US envoy for anti-ISIS coalition
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): James Jeffrey has been appointed as the next US Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS after Brett McGurk stepped down from the position in December last year.
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Exact date of Yemen Peace Talks in Sweden unconfirmed: Office of UN Specia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov [Sputnik/ANI]: The exact date of the peace talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels is unconfirmed, but they will take place in Sweden in Hoda El Turk, the spokesperson for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, told Sputnik on Thursday.
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US reaffirms no rebuilding aid for Syria without progress on political tal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], October 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States reaffirms that it will not provide any reconstruction aid to Syria until there is progress on the UN-led political process, two State Department special envoys said in a joint press release on Tuesday.
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Ready to provide India everything on Shastri: Uzbek diplomat
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 25 (ANI): Special envoy of Uzbekistan President, Ilhom Nematov, on Tuesday said that Tashkent is always ready to assist and provide everything to New Delhi with regard to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
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Hope India joins rail project in Afghanistan, says Uzbek envoy
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 25 (ANI): Special envoy of Uzbekistan President, Ilhom Nematov, expressed hope that India will participate in the construction of a rail project in Afghanistan.
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Ingrid Hayden named deputy special envoy for Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 8 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Ingrid Hayden of Australia as his Deputy Special Representative (Political) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
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S Korea to send envoy to N Korea for pre-summit talks
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Sept 1 (ANI): South Korea on Friday announced that it would send a special envoy to North Korea next week to set the stage for a planned meeting between South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un scheduled to be held by the end of this month.
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Special envoys of neighbouring countries to attend Vajpayee's funeral
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): India's neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka are sending their special representatives to attend the funeral of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away yesterday at the age of 93 after a prolonged illness.
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UN special envoy Angelina Jolie visits Iraq's Mosul
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], June 17 (ANI): Prominent Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who is the Special Envoy of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, visited Mosul in northern Iraq on Saturday less than a year after the city's liberation from three years of Islamic State (IS).
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