Jaishankar meets UAE president, discusses West Asia crisis impact

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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday met the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and discussed the West Asia crisis and its economic impact. Jaishankar was on a two-day visit to the Gulf nation from Saturday. Conveyed warm greetings of Prime Minister @narendramodi and our gratitude for ensuring the well-being of the Indian community during the West Asia conflict, the external affairs minister said...

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‘Mischievous’: MEA rejects China’s attempts to assign ‘fictitious’ names to places in Arunachal

Randhir Jaiswal,

New Delhi: India Sunday categorically rejected China's renaming of some places in Arunachal Pradesh and said such claims and attempts to manufacture baseless narratives cannot alter the undeniable reality that they are part of Indian territories. China should refrain from actions which inject negativity into relations and undermine efforts to create a better understanding, it said. New Delhi's reaction came in response to Beijing announcing Chinese names for several places in...

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Ghalibaf flags lack of trust despite Iran’s goodwill in talks

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Islamabad: The United States failed to win Iran's trust during historic negotiations in Pakistan aimed at resolving the West Asia conflict, the top Iranian negotiator said Sunday. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian Parliament Speaker who led his country's delegation in marathon peace talks with the US in Pakistan, made the remarks after the two sides failed to reach an agreement. In a series of posts on X, Ghalibaf said that the...

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China sets up new county in Xinjiang near PoK, Afghan border

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Beijing: China has set up a new county in its volatile Xinjiang province near Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the Afghanistan border in an apparent move to beef up security along the narrow Wakhan Corridor to curb infiltration of Uyghur separatist militants. The county, named Cenling, is located near the Karakoram mountain range and close to the borders with PoK and Afghanistan, underscoring its strategic significance. This is the third new county...

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‘Mischievous’: MEA rejects China’s attempts to assign ‘fictitious’ names to places in Arunachal

New Delhi: India Sunday categorically rejected China's renaming of some places in Arunachal Pradesh and said such claims and attempts to manufacture baseless narratives cannot alter the undeniable reality that they are part of Indian territories. China should refrain from actions which inject negativity into relations and undermine efforts to create a better understanding, it said. New...

 

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