NEW DELHI: It was a monologue rather than the conversation it was billed to be. But Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif didn’t disappoint the packed hall at the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi, alternating between contrition for the downing of the Ukrainian passenger aircraft by his military and lashing out at the U.S. for killing Quds […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It is not in India to be a disruptor in the international system, said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Speaking at the fifth edition of the annual Raisina Dialogue, he described India as a stabilizing power, one that is law-abiding, not self-centred or selfish. “India seeks to be a shaper and not an abstainer […]Read More
COLOMBO: Two rights bodies today claimed that the new government of Sri Lanka, headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has unleashed a chilling process of repression targeting critics and human rights defenders. The International Truth and Justice Project – Sri Lanka (ITJP) and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS) said intimidation and threats to critics […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Tehran’s belated admission of downing a Ukrainian passenger aircraft is embarrassing for the regime, externally and domestically. President Donald Trump has tacitly encouraged Iranian protesters on Twitter, but curiously, there hasn’t been any significant announcement by him on Iran so far. Professor AK Pasha, of the Centre for West Asian Studies at Delhi’s Jawaharlal […]Read More
NEW DELHI: At the inaugural session of the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar laid out three characteristics of India’s foreign policy. He said that it seeks to achieve a focus on key challenges, “a broad engagement with many parties and managing if not leveraging global contradictions. Advancing our interests in […]Read More
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