India, China discuss issues on UNSC agenda

India, China discuss issues on UNSC agenda

NEW DELHI: For the first time since 2012, India and China on Tuesday held consultations on UN Security Council (UNSC) agenda, with New Delhi seeking to build consensus on its UNSC priorities as well as on designating terrorists by the powerful body of the UN. In the first bilateral meet which did not focus on … Read more

India, China discuss issues on UNSC agenda

India, China discuss issues on UNSC agenda

NEW DELHI: For the first time since 2012, India and China on Tuesday held consultations on UN Security Council (UNSC) agenda, with New Delhi seeking to build consensus on its UNSC priorities as well as on designating terrorists by the powerful body of the UN. In the first bilateral meet which did not focus on … Read more

Placing blocks & holds on listing requests without any rhyme or reason must end: India at UNSC

Placing blocks & holds on listing requests without any rhyme or reason must end: India at UNSC

UNITED NATIONS: India on Tuesday told the UN Security Council that the practice of placing blocks and holds without “any rhyme or reason” on requests to designate terrorists and terror groups must end, an apparent reference to China which had repeatedly blocked New Delhi’s bids to designate Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global … Read more

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla’s Paris visit bolster dynamics of strategic partnership

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla’s Paris visit bolster dynamics of strategic partnership

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla met a cross-section of leading French academia, media and thinktankers during his visit to Paris, his first stop in Europe in his current role, as part of efforts to bolster strategic partnership. During this visit there was great interest in the strengthening dynamics of the India-France strategic relationship. This … Read more