Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the sidelines of East Asia Summit, in Vientiane, Laos. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday ( October 11, 2024) met his Thai counterpart Paetongtarn Shinawatra and discussed ways to improve trade ties and boost cultural linkages between the two nations. … Read more
Vientiane: The United States hailed “open and productive” discussions between China‘s foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos on Saturday in which Blinken raised US concerns over Beijing’s “provocative actions” around Taiwan.The US top diplomat and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi “had open and productive discussions on key bilateral, regional, and global … Read more
Southeast Asian Foreign Ministers gather in Laos this week for talks on the disputed South China Sea and the conflict in Myanmar, with top diplomats from China and the United States slated to meet on the sidelines. The three-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starts in the capital Vientiane on … Read more
Two-thirds of Russian territory is located in Asia and Russian leadership and erstwhile Soviet leadership have long sought to play a greater role in the Asia-Pacific (or what India terms as the Indo-Pacific region). This role is gaining further momentum following rupture in ties with the West in the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict. Simultaneously, … Read more
Chinese and Southeast Asian diplomats renewed a vow to finalise a nonaggression pact for the South China Sea in three years, two regional diplomats said Thursday. The pledge came during a meeting last week in Beijing, where they expressed alarm over recent confrontations in the disputed waters. The Philippines has protested what it says are … Read more
Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures as he speaks to the media during a press conference at the end of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Indonesia warned leaders including U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Russian Foreign Minister … Read more
Agreeing to exchange information on rice and acknowledging the multiple benefits of millets, the ASEAN-India Summit held here on Thursday decided to strengthen cooperation on food security and nutrition through promoting mutual trade and investment. The Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India in the ‘ASEAN-Indian Joint Leaders’ Statement on … Read more
Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Russian private mercenary group Wagner. | Photo Credit: Reuters With moon now in India’s orbit, focus shifts to Pragyan rover With Vikram, the lander module of Chandrayaan-3, successfully landing on the surface of moon on Wednesday, the focus has now moved to the rover in its belly, Pragyan. Years of … Read more
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday criticised the previous governments for allegedly not doing sufficient stakeholder consultations on free trade agreements, saying the India-ASEAN FTA is “most ill-conceived” and unfair to the domestic industry. Goyal also said that in the free trade agreements with Japan and Korea, India has opened its markets for … Read more
Indonesian President Joko Widodo delivers his speech during the courtesy calls of ministers at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on, July 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday said ASEAN cannot become a proxy for other countries, as U.S.-China tensions rise over … Read more