Terrorism disconnect between India, Pakistan dominates SCO meeting
PANAJI (GOA): Combating the twin evils of terrorism and radicalisation dominated discussions at the SCO foreign ministers’ meeting, with India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar exhorting SCO countries not to take the “eyes off this menace of terrorism, which continues unabated.” Dr Jaishankar’s remarks were aimed at Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who participated in […]
China, India Foreign Ministers focus on border peace, peaceful coexistence
BENAULIM (GOA): Amid the continuing stalemate in Ladakh, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang underlined the need to walk on the path of peaceful coexistence as he held bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar in a resort in southern Goa to resolve outstanding issues that stalk bilateral ties. The foreign ministers […]
Russia happy with India’s efforts to strengthen SCO: Russian diplomat
The SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Goa on May 4-5 will be pivotal in shaping the agenda of the SCO summit New Delhi will host on July 3-4, 2023. The meeting will be held at a time of unprecedented global turbulence and the escalating confrontation between Russia and the West over the Ukraine conflict. Ahead […]
A Time for Global South in G20
With developing countries poised to hold the presidency of G20 for the next three years, India has a unique opportunity to redefine and refocus the G20 agenda to reflect interests and priorities of the Global South. Under India’s presidency, India is looking to create mechanisms that strengthen the capacity of developing countries to tackle health […]
Continent of Hope: It’s Time for Compact with Africa 2.0
Africa hasn’t loomed large in the G20 agenda so far. India’s G20 presidency is an opportunity to focus global attention on myriad challenges facing the African continent in the aftermath of COVID-19 and the Ukraine crisis. India should not only project aspirations of African resurgence on the G20 platform, but should work with its partners […]
Inclusion, Global South to guide India’s G20 presidency
By Shweta Aggarwal The G20 should not allow the Ukraine deadlock to derail the focus on people’s issues and Sustainable Development Goals, said senior diplomats and experts at a conference in the run up to the G20 summit in New Delhi in September. In an oblique reference to the Ukraine crisis, India’s G20 Chief Coordinator […]
Conference on how India’s G20 presidency can forge inclusive world order
More than four months after India assumed the G20 presidency, the country’s G20 Chief Coordinator, eminent diplomats and experts will share their views at a conference in New Delhi on how New Delhi can leverage its G20 presidency to help forge a more democratic and inclusive world order. Organized by India Writes Network and Centre […]
Japan PM seeks India’s central role in updated Indo-Pacific strategy
In a defining speech in New Delhi, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled the updated version of Tokyo’s Indo-Pacific initiative that envisages an “indispensable role” for India against the backdrop of shared threat perception from Chinese aggressiveness. Mr Kishida, who is on a twenty-four-hour trip to Delhi, stressed that he hopes to promote a vision […]
Why India-US semi-conductor agreement matters
By Shweta Aggarwal The India-US agreement on semiconductors promises to be a game-changer in New Delhi’s quest to move up the high-tech value chain and has paved the way for enhancing bilateral collaboration in critical and emerging technologies. On March 10, US Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo and her Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal signed an […]
India, Australia to strengthen security, Indo-Pacific cooperation
Blending cricket and the colours of Holi, India and Australia have taken their burgeoning strategic partnership to the next level by agreeing to boost cooperation in defence, mobility of professionals and in shaping an inclusive Indo-Pacific. The two G20 economies also decided to move ahead with Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) to upgrade an interim […]