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BS-Seema Nazareth Award: Full text of ex-foreign secy Nirupama Rao's speech

Ordinary people can help break down diplomatic baggage, says Rao

New South Korean President takes office, briefed on North Korea

Conservative Yoon Suk Yeol took office as South Korea's president on Tuesday, facing a tougher mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges

Israel PM's visit to India depends on 'domestic political situation'

Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's next visit to the country will depend on the political and security situation back home in the Mediterranean country

Portugal foreign minister's India visit renews chances to expand ties: MEA

Portugal Foreign Minister Joao Cravinho's visit to India is an opportunity for the two countries to expand their bilateral ties, External Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday.Taking to Twitter, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "Glad to welcome FM (Foreign Minister) @JoaoCravinho (Joao Cravinho) of Portugal to India. The visit is a renewed opportunity to expand our ties."Cravinho is in the national capital to attend a conclave on geopolitics and geoeconomics. Foreign ministers of Argentina, Armenia, Guyana, Nigeria, Norway, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland and Slovenia are participating in the event, according to the MEA.Earlier in the day, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, Jean Asselborn and Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis arrived in New Delhi to attend the conclave."Warm welcome to FM Jean Asselborn of Luxembourg @MFA_Lu. The visit will further deepen our bilateral cooperation," MEA tweeted.Bagchi said that ..

Jaishankar says his pathway to diplomacy started from his interest in music

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday told a group of American students that it is his interest in music and also his family atmosphere that led to his diplomatic life.

UK PM Boris Johnson expected to visit India towards April end

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning a visit to India towards the end of this month with a focus on strengthening bilateral ties

TMS Ep142: Crypto industry, foreign diplomats in India, markets, CUET

How are Indian crypto industry and investors coping with the new tax regime? Why foreign diplomats are rushing to New Delhi? Is the worst over for the markets? What is CUET? All answers here

India & Japan take recent shifts in their stride

Talks of a major rift were also put to rest by the joint statement, which largely hewed to India's stated position

Diplomacy efforts stepped up after Russian strike on Ukraine base

Diplomatic efforts to end the war boosted on Monday, with Russia-Ukraine to talk again after both sides cited progress, even after Russia attacked a base near Polish border and fighting elsewhere

NATO chief Stoltenberg stresses diplomatic efforts to solve Ukraine crisis

Visiting Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg has stressed diplomatic efforts to solve the ongoing Ukraine crisis.

'Return to diplomacy,' says India on Russia-Ukraine conflict at UNGA

India on Monday again advocated for peaceful settlement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and said the Indian government firmly believes in the path of diplomacy.

India reiterates call for diplomacy as Ukraine tensions heighten

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserted that Russia was preparing to launch an attack in the coming days and even sketched out in detail what he claimed was Moscow's battle plan

UNSC uses 3-D virtual diplomacy for the first time, says report

Indian Diplomat and Counselor of the Permanent Mission of India, Prateek Mathur shared that the UNSC in New York used VR technology in its security council session for the first time

US hopes to thwart the China-Iran alliance by backroom diplomacy

US hopes to thwart the China-Iran alliance by mixing carrots and sticks to draw Tehran into a long-term dialogue on issues of concern to the US and its allies.More dexterous diplomacy towards Tehran should mix carrots and sticks to draw Iran into a long-term dialogue on issues of concern to the United States and its allies, according to National Interest.The policy implication of this view--if one accepts "strategic competition" as the guiding principle on China--is that the Biden administration should "test the opposite premise" of isolating Tehran, "by restoring nuclear diplomacy, lowering regional tensions, and forging new arrangements." Crucially, to accomplish this vision, a "fast timeline" of re-joining the 2015 Iran deal is necessary--but far from sufficient, writes Lyes Mauni Jalali for the National Interest.Earlier, Iran had completely pivoted towards its "Look to the East Policy" after the withdrawal of the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in May 2018 and ...

Senior Chinese diplomat Zhang Ming takes charge of Secretary-General of SCO

Zhang has taken charge from Vladimir Norov, former Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan

Sri Lanka to shut three foreign missions as dollar crisis worsens

Sri Lanka's tourism-dependent economy was severely hit by the pandemic and the government in March last year imposed a broad import ban to shore up forex reserves

Ready to take ties to next level: India to 5 Central Asian countries

India has reached out to all the top leaders of the five countries to grace the Republic Day celebrations

China, Russia are better than allies, Xi Jinping tells Vladimir Putin

"I consider our relations a true model of interstate cooperation for the 21st century," Putin said

Chinese companies line up to exploit rich resources of Afghanistan

Representatives of several Chinese companies have arrived in Afghanistan on special visas

India, UK democracies; can make world safer, prosperous: UK minister Truss

UK Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss on Saturday said her country and India believed in freedom and democracy