The Chinese foreign minister's visit comes just days before Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is due to arrive in Papua New Guinea, once again highlighting a tussle for influence between China and US allies.
At a time when Indo-Pacific maritime issues have gripped several nations, Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, has said that Jakarta and Beijing have agreed upon strengthening cooperation and bilateral relations.
Taiwan slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for calling it an "integral part of China" and said that the "Chinese Communist Party regime has never governed Taiwan."
This encounter marks the first face-to-face discussion between Lavrov and Xi in six years, a significant event given that heads of state typically do not meet visiting ministers directly.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi signed the Plan of Consultation between the foreign ministers of the two nations for 2024.
A large number of students of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) staged a symbolic sit-in protest at the university campus in the Papumpare district of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday.
Section 144 has been imposed in Ladakh's Leh ahead of climate activism Sonam Wangchuk's planned 'Pashmina March' scheduled for April 7 in the areas along the Line of Actual Control.
Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who was on a state visit to Bangladesh, on Thursday, arrived in Assam's Dhubri district on his way back to his country.