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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said India will participate in the 2020 UN Ocean Conference to be held between June 2-6 in Lisbon in Portugal. read more

China has made its hostility clear. Hosting the SCO summit at this time can turn out to be counterproductive read more

Earlier this week, a discussion on Kashmir was taken up at the UNSC after China sought a “closed-door consultation” under “AOB” or “Any Other Business” at the UNSC after listed issues were discussed. read more

China’s cynical support of terrorism, as an expression of solidarity with Pakistan, a top sponsor of terrorism, was reflected in its resistance to UNSC’s condemnation of the Pulwama attack on February 14, 2019 read more

According to diplomats familiar with the matter, China tagged Kashmir onto a UNSC meeting called to discuss “Peacekeeping in Mali” and tried to force an informal discussion in the “miscellaneous matter or any other matter” category. read more

India strongly criticised Pakistan and China for raising Kashmir during closed-door consultations at the UN Security Council on Thursday read more

China and Pakistan tried, for the third time, to raise the Kashmir issue at the United Nations on Wednesday but the efforts were thwarted by India’s diplomatic allies. read more

China, Pakistan’s ‘all-weather ally’, stood alone in the Pakistani corner to get the Security Council to focus on the Kashmir issue. The attempt failed as other member countries felt Kashmir is a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan. read more

The attempts to raise the issue were through a fresh letter by Islamabad to Vietnam (which holds the presidency of the UN Security Council for this month) and an attempt by Beijing to put Kashmir as a topic of discussion during the informal meeting on... read more

Lavrov criticised the US-backed concept of the Indo-Pacific and a “rules-based world order”, saying they are either divisive or aimed at containing China. read more

China pushed for a meeting of the UN Security Council behind closed doors – the second such effort since an earlier meet on the Kashmir issue on August 16. read more

Jaishankar said it takes a long and patient effort for getting permanent membership of the council. read more

In the past two months, Pakistan, with the help of China has submitted proposals to designate six Indians as global terrorists. read more

More than 10 years after the launch of the Intergovernmental Negotiations reform in the UNSC to make it more representative of a world that is far different from the time the world body was created in 1945, the process has yielded not even a document... read more

India’s strong response came after Pakistan’s outgoing UN envoy Maleeha Lodhi commented on the situation in Kashmir, revocation of Article 370 and women’s rights in the Valley during the debate on October 29. read more