President Droupadi Murmu will undertake State Visit to Fiji, New Zealand, and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste from August 5-10, 2024 to strengthen bilateral ties between India and Pacific nations and reflect India's focus on the Act East Policy.
Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that the solution will not emerge from the battlefield, adding that it is imperative to return to dialogue and diplomacy.
Pointing towards the bilateral ties between India and China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted that New Delhi's relations with Beijing are "not doing very well," and underlined how the relationship is not normal.
Former defence minister of Maldives, Mariya Didi, said on Monday that the current ruling government in the island nation has now started to realise how important is the bilateral relationship between Maldives and India.
Her comments came against the backdrop of Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu thanking India for its support of the island nation in easing its debt repayment, and also affirming hope that New Delhi and Male would forge stronger ties and sign a free trade agreement.
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu thanked India for its support to the island nation in easing its debt repayment and affirmed hope that New Delhi and Male would forge stronger ties and sign a free trade agreement.
Italy had last year pulled out of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), having been the only G7 country to sign up in 2019 to the infrastructure and transportation plan that seeks to build a sort of modern-day Silk Road.
The United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Morocco have finalised the terms of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that will launch a new chapter of mutually beneficial trade and investment ties between the two countries.
Amid deepening regional tensions between the US and China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi met in Laos on Saturday, and held talks, according to CNN.
Taking to social media platform X,Ashley Hinson said, "China has long violated our trade laws and gotten off scot-free while Americans lost their jobs, factories closed, and our economy suffered. My bipartisan legislation will crack down on the CCP's trade crime and stand up for American
Speaking at the 14th East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Jaishankar further noted that the Act East Policy, which was announced at the 9th EAS, has completed a decade now, and India will continue to uphold ASEAN unity and centrality through the Act East Policy.