Italy withdraws from BRI: Reports
Agencies: Rome: Dec.7th 2023: Italy has decided to pull out of China’s Belt and Road
Aditi Bhaduri
Putin visits ‘dear friend’ Xi in show of no-limits partnership
By Reuters BEIJING, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, a booster for economic growth in Bangladesh
First unit of Rooppur Nuclear Plant to be ready for power generation early next year
India-West Asia-Europe Economic corridor to give ‘fillip’ to Gujarat’s potential: official
The Corridor will consist of two separate corridors: the East Corridor connecting India to West Asia and the Middle East, and the Northern Corridor connecting West Asia and the Middle East to Europe.
Azerbaijan halts Karabakh offensive after ceasefire deal with Armenian separatists
Under the agreement, confirmed by both sides and effective from 1 p.m. (0900 GMT) on Wednesday, separatist forces will disband and disarm and talks on the future of the region and the ethnic Armenians who live there will start on Thursday.
Cooperation between Central Asian countries and the UN on regional security issues
Among the main challenges that the Central Asian countries and the UN are jointly overcoming are the problems of stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan, countering the threats of terrorism and extremism, radicalization, drug trafficking and organized crime, solving urgent problems in the areas of environmental and water security, etc.
Fifth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia takes place in Tajik capital
As part of the Fifth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia, the Foreign Ministers of the Central Asian states signed 2 new documents:on land transport connectivity, and on youth policy
Understanding India’s G20 presidency
Skilful diplomacy resulted in a consensus building and a clean New Delhi Declaration without any footnotes of dissent.
Delhi G20 Summit: The promise that is India
Indian diplomacy scored many victories at the G20 summit from getting the warring parties in Ukraine to agree on a joint statement, enabling African Union’s admission into G20, announcement of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, and launch of the Global Biofuel Alliance
G20 presidency: An opportune moment for India
The geopolitics of expanding East-West polarisation and persistent North-South divide provided an acid test for India’s leadership and it has come out quite successful in converting those challenges into opportunities as well.