NEW DELHI: India and Indonesia are maritime neighbours yet their decision to connect via the sea — Andaman islands with Sabang port in Aceh province — is of recent origin, dating back two years. In this exclusive interview with StratNews Global Deputy Editor Parul Chandra, Indonesia’s ambassador to India Sidharto Suryodipuro, reflects on the strategic […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There’s visible impatience in India over what is seen as Sri Lanka’s foot-dragging on the plan to develop the East Container Terminal in Colombo Port. “They have been promising the project to India,” sources told StratNews Global, “We have told the Sri Lankans that they need to move.” India is fine with either […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Lonely Planet describes Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, as a city that “sits in an incredible spot where the wide, tidal Kaladan river kisses the big, fat Bay of Bengal.” The Sittwe deep water port is part of the ambitious Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project to link the Indian mainland to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Army Chief Gen Naravane wound up their Myanmar visit with a “commitment not to allow their respective territories to be used for activities inimical to each other,” and maintain security and stability in their border areas. That was the easy part. The tough one was the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With elections in Myanmar just a month away (Nov 8), Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and army chief General M M Naravane are jointly reaching out to the civil military leadership of that country, on a visit beginning today. They will call on State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the Armed Forces […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Remember the German heavy metal band The Scorpions and their iconic number Wind of Change, played at the Brandenburg Gate as the Berlin Wall came down in 1990. Rolling Stone Magazine described it as a “soundtrack of sorts to a political and cultural revolution”. That song has been recast, to mark German reunification […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The joint statement issued at the end of the India Bangladesh joint commission meeting on Tuesday, chaired by their respective foreign ministers, measured an exhausting 28 paragraphs. Clearly, S.Jaishankar and A.K.Abdul Momen were setting the tone for the Narendra Modi-Sheikh Hasina Virtual Summit in December. On the table was Covid19 for which India […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Buddhism flavoured Narendra Modi’s first summit level, virtual dialogue with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday, but along with it came a subtle reminder to implement the 13th constitutional amendment, which devolved powers to the island nation’s Tamil-majority north and east. The summit is seen as giving “broad political direction” to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A change of guard in Tokyo with new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga moving in, time for Japan to renew its commitments to the Indo-Pacific, and of course the Quad. The Narendra Modi-Suga telephonic chat was along familiar lines with the Indian statement indicating that the two sides “emphasised that the economic architecture of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When Germany announced its policy for the Indo-Pacific in early September, it became the second European nation, France was the first, to join the Indo-Pacific Club. The unveiling of this strategy by Europe’s powerhouse suggests that Germany is moving away from China. Is that really the case? StratNews Global Deputy Editor Parul Chandra […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Pakistan failed to drum up a consensus among SAARC foreign ministers for holding the 19th summit, which it would host. Most member nations said with the Covid19 pandemic raging, it wasn’t the right time. The only country to side with Pakistan was Nepal, which has been seeking revival of the Saarc process for […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla sounded a warning note on Afghanistan while addressing students of his alma mater, St.Stephen’s College in Delhi on Monday. “We have to be prepared for situations that we may not envisage,” he acknowledged while underscoring that India wants a strong, peaceful and inclusive Afghanistan. “Khalilzad briefed us […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Who needs an Opposition in the Maldives when a former president and co-founder of the ruling party, Mohamed Nasheed, is playing this role quite effectively? This is the question being increasingly asked by many within and even outside the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) that Nasheed co-founded with current president Ibu Solih. Nasheed […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s latest pronouncement on Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)–that it plans to give this disputed territory the status of a province–needs to be taken with a shaker of salt, officials in Delhi told StratNews Global. In doing so, Pakistan will surrender the very grounds on which it’s been claiming the whole of Kashmir–that it’s a disputed territory […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India doesn’t appear inclined for talks with Nepal on the Kalapani territorial dispute. A senior Indian official in Delhi told StratNews Global, “It’s not going to happen in the near future. It’s doubtful if these talks will be held.” Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been seeking foreign secretary level talks on […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India is likely to help Bangladesh conduct clinical trials of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca. Sources told StratNews Global that the Pune-based Serum Institute, which is involved in trials of the same vaccine in India, will work in concert with Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals. India’s Covid assistance is also expected to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Tibetan leader Dolma Gyari comes across as a person who doesn’t mince her words. So she says she wants India to shed its cautious approach on Tibet and recognise it as a territory that’s under the illegal occupation of China. In this interview with StratNews Global Deputy Editor Parul Chandra, Gyari also wants […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Six days after he disappeared, Sajid Gondal is back home in Islamabad with none the wiser as to how and why he vanished. The suspicion is he was abducted by the same shadowy official agencies that had kidnapped investigative Matiullah Jan last month. But why Gondal? The suspicion is that he leaked details […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Call it sheer coincidence, but Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s weekend transit halt in Tehran took place ahead of the much delayed intra-Afghan negotiations in Qatar on Monday. The meeting was at Iran’s request and the subject of Singh’s discussions with his counterpart Brigadier General Amir Hatami centred, not suprisingly, on peace and stability […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Rajapakasas have taken the expected step towards consolidation of power with the Sri Lankan government issuing the draft of amendment 20A to the Constitution, while at the same time repealing key provisions of the 19th amendment which it seeks to replace. Once the 20th amendment is in place, it’s expected to give […]Read More
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