New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) South African High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, has urged the international community to encourage parties involved in the West Asia conflict to remain engaged and find peace for the good of humanity. In an interview with IANS, Sooklal said that war in West Asia is having a very negative impact on the world, especially in terms of energy security. He reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that “now is not the time for war.”He expressed optimism tha…
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New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) South Africa’s High Commissioner to India Anil Sooklal said that the upcoming India-Africa Summit is “extremely important” for charting a new course of cooperation between both sides. It will be a “coming of age” event for drawing a new blueprint for India-Africa cooperation, the envoy said.In an interview with IANS, Sooklal stated that India and Africa will discuss critical areas of cooperation, including global governance, reform of the multilateral system, including…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Professor Anil Sooklal, sees the upcoming India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) as an opportunity to strengthen his country’s economic ties with India across the pharmaceutical, green energy, IT, and agricultural sectors. “The summit aims to see how relations between the African continent and India can be intensified, expanded and maximised,” Sooklal said in an interview published in Independent Online (IOL) news portal.He point…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) As global power structures undergo structural realignment, the India–Africa engagement is increasingly positioned not merely as historical solidarity, but as a forward-looking partnership shaping a more equitable and multipolar global order, according to delegates at a conference held by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) here on Monday.In the keynote address at the event, the Ministry of External Affairs’s Secretary (Economic Relations), Sudhakar Dalela, said: “The…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Highlighting that India is not only a leading voice but a leading initiator in addressing key challenges of the Global South, South Africa’s High Commissioner to India Anil Sooklal on Wednesday lauded the role played by India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in consistently voicing concerns of the developing nations on global platforms.”Since the attainment of its independence, even prior to that, India has been fully immersed in the Global South and providing leadership…