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Fresh batch of foreign diplomats to visit Jammu and Kashmir this week
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 12, 2020 04:34 PM IST
Representatives of the Indian government and countries involved in the visit are very tight-lipped about the schedule and planned meetings.
For foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, it is neighbourhood first
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Shishir Gupta
UPDATED ON FEB 08, 2020 12:55 PM IST
Since PM Narendra Modi took office in 2014, the government has focused on cementing and improving ties with its neighbours.
70 trips in 1 year: Govt may have followed China model in arranging foreign envoys’ J-K visit
Hindustan Times, Beijing | By Sutirtho Patranobis
UPDATED ON AUG 23, 2020 05:04 PM IST
China has organised similar tours – as many as 70 since December 2018 -- -- in the far-flung northwestern province of Xinjiang.
Foreign envoys, minus those from EU, reach Jammu and Kashmir
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2020 11:38 AM IST
India close to concluding a trade package with US: Envoy
Washington | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON JAN 04, 2020 04:05 PM IST
Shringla made the comments while addressing a group of Indian-American entrepreneurs during a farewell lunch on Friday organised for him by TiE DC, a regional chapter of the global non-profit membership and mentoring organization for entrepreneurs.
Russia awaits PM Modi’s participation in Moscow parade 2020: Envoy
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON DEC 10, 2019 08:50 AM IST
The Indian unit of the France-based International Human Rights Defence Committee was launched on the occasion.
Don’t know him well: Trump after testimony by envoy he once called ‘a good man’
Washington | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON NOV 22, 2019 08:17 AM IST
Democrats are investigating Trump for allegedly abusing his office by pressing a foreign power -- Ukraine -- to interfere on his behalf in the 2020 US election.
US wants UN to take up Dalai Lama succession: Envoy
Washington | By Agence France-Presse
PUBLISHED ON NOV 09, 2019 07:15 AM IST
Sam Brownback, the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said he spoke at length about the succession issue with the 84-year-old Dalai Lama last week in the monk’s home-in-exile of Dharamsala, India.
‘Referendum 2020’ a bogus issue: Indian envoy
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON OCT 15, 2019 12:57 AM IST
China wants to see India, Pakistan resolve disputes peacefully, says envoy
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
UPDATED ON SEP 25, 2019 05:35 AM IST
China’s new ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, in an interview with Hindustan Times, speaks on a wide range of issues on relations between India and China.
India briefs foreign envoys on scrapping Article 370, J-K bifurcation
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
UPDATED ON JUN 10, 2020 05:49 AM IST
Besides the P5 states, more briefings were arranged after members of the diplomatic community expressed interest in getting the Indian government’s take on the developments.
Scotland Yard under fire over probe into envoy’s email leak
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON JUL 13, 2019 06:39 PM IST
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt, who organized a conference on threat to media freedom across the world this week, defended the right of the press to publish Darroch’s leaked emails that described the Trump administration as ‘inept, insecure and incompetent’, among other remarks.
UK’s top envoy in US says Trump administration inept, dysfunctional: Report
London | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUL 07, 2019 03:29 PM IST
Ambassador Kim Darroch reportedly said Trump’s presidency could “crash and burn” and “end in disgrace”, in the cache of secret cables and briefing notes sent back to Britain seen by the newspaper.
US will sanction any country that imports Iranian oil: Special envoy
London | By Reuters
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2019 08:58 PM IST
U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top Iranian officials with sanctions on Monday, taking an unprecedented step to increase pressure on Iran after Tehran’s downing of an unmanned American drone last week.
Trade deficit with China could become politically sensitive: Indian envoy
Hindustan Times, Beijing | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JUN 18, 2019 03:22 PM IST
“The trade deficit with China is not economically sustainable and it can also become politically sensitive if we don’t take steps to address the deficit,”ambassador Vikram Misri has said.
China appoints career diplomat Sun Weidong as new envoy to India
Hindustan Times, Beijing | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUN 12, 2019 11:02 PM IST
Sun takes over at a time when the diplomatic corps of the two countries are preparing for President Xi Jinping’s visit to India in October for the second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Supposedly executed former North Korean nuclear envoy is alive, but in custody: Report
Seoul | By Reuters
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2019 11:51 AM IST
There has been a series of conflicting reports over the past five days about shakeups in the North’s team that steered negotiations with the United States after a failed summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi in February.
Guests turned away by Pak officials at Indian envoy’s Iftar party: Report
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 02, 2019 02:23 PM IST
Indian envoy Ajay Bisaria told ANI on Sunday that “such intimidatory tactics” are “counter-productive” for bilateral relations.
India, China should sign friendship treaty, free trade deal: Chinese envoy
Hindustan Times, Beijing | By Sutirtho Patranobis
UPDATED ON MAY 28, 2019 05:11 PM IST
Luo is on his way back after a nearly three-year stint as the Chinese envoy to India and is expected to be promoted as a vice foreign minister. His lengthy article in Chinese for The Paper possibly indicates Sino-India bilateral ties are likely to remain positive as the two countries prepare for Xi’s India visit later this year.
‘India stopped purchasing Iranian oil after US waivers expired’: Envoy
Washington | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON MAY 24, 2019 03:46 PM IST
The US reimposed sanctions on Iran in November after pulling out of a 2015 nuclear accord between Tehran and six world powers
‘India must have permanent seat in UN Security Council’, says German ambassador
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON MAY 21, 2019 05:09 PM IST
At present, there are five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -- China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the US.
Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ‘ceasefire violations’
Islamabad | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 09, 2019 12:05 AM IST
The Foreign Office said: “the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary (WB) are continuously targeting civilian populated areas with heavy weapons”.
We want balanced trade with India: Chinese envoy
Kolkata | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2019 06:21 PM IST
There is greater need for boosting trade and investment between the two countries, he said on economic ties between the two countries.
Moazzam Khan tipped to be Pakistan’s new envoy to India
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2019 03:51 AM IST
Currently Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Khan was also in the race for the foreign secretary’s post though he is several rungs below Mahmood in the seniority list, the people cited above said.
China played constructive role in reducing India-Pakistan tensions: Chinese envoy
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rezaul H Laskar
UPDATED ON APR 10, 2019 10:23 PM IST
China’s foreign ministry had acknowledged last month that the country played a role in reducing tensions after India and Pakistan came close to firing missiles at each other on February 27.
Amal Clooney named UK’s special envoy on media freedom
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON APR 05, 2019 05:20 PM IST
The Foreign Office noted that 2018 was the deadliest year for journalists, with 99 killed, 348 detained and 60 taken hostage by non-state groups, adding that the panel would support countries to repeal outdated laws and strengthen mechanisms to protect journalists.
Pak summons Indian envoy to protest freeing of Samjhauta blast case suspects
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 20, 2019 10:09 PM IST
Saying that the acquittal of the four accused “makes a travesty of justice”, Pakistan called upon India to explore judicial remedies to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
China silent on Pak minister’s statement to send special envoy to New Delhi, Islamabad
Hindustan Times, Beijing | By Sutirtho Patranobis
UPDATED ON MAR 04, 2019 07:08 PM IST
China on Monday refused to comment on Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mohammed Qureshi’s statement that Beijing was preparing to send a special envoy to Islamabad and New Delhi to mediate in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
Rahul Gandhi’s meet with envoys of G20 nations called off after Pulwama attack
New Delhi | By Aurangzeb Naqshbandi and Rezaul H Lashkar
UPDATED ON FEB 15, 2019 01:15 AM IST
French ambassador Alexandre Ziegler too was expected to attend the meeting against the backdrop of the controversy over the purchase of 36 Rafale combat jets under an inter-governmental agreement between India and France.
China welcomes all pilgrims from India: Envoy
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2019 11:51 PM IST
The ruling party’s attack on Gandhi came after the Congress president told a public meeting in Odisha that the Chinese ministers had told him during his Kailash Mansarovar visit in August-September last year that job creation was not a problem in their country.
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