Bishkek, April 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held meetings with his counterparts from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Bishkek on Tuesday. Describing his meeting with Kyrgyzstan’s Defence Minister Major General Mukambetov Ruslan Mustafaevich as “extremely productive”, Singh stated that the bilateral cooperation between the two nations spreads across various sectors and defence cooperation is an import…
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Bishkek, April 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held meetings with his counterparts from Russia, China and Belarus on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek on Tuesday. Singh and his Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov discussed key aspects of bilateral defence cooperation.”Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh had a productive interaction with Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov on the sidelines of the SCO Defence Mini…
Bishkek, April 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday laid a wreath at Victory Square in Bishkek, a memorial dedicated to the victory over Nazi Germany. “Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh paid floral tributes at Victory Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, during his visit for the SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting,” the Ministry of Defence said in a statement on X.Later in the day, Singh will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting.The Defence Minister arrived…
Bishkek, April 27 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday arrived in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting. “On his arrival at Bishkek to attend Meeting of Ministers of Defence of the SCO Member States from 27–28 April 2026, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh ji was welcomed by Ambassador Singh at Manas airport on 27 April 2026,” the Indian Embassy in Bishkek posted on X.Before departing for Kyrgyzstan, Singh state…
Moscow, April 24 (IANS) Russia on Friday announced that it has conducted a prisoner swap with Ukraine, returning 193 Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoners in exchange for the same number of Russian prisoners of war held by Kyiv. “On April 24, 193 Russian servicemen were returned from territory controlled by the Kyiv regime. In exchange, 193 Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoners of war were transferred. Currently, the Russian servicemen are in the Republic of Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary…
Pyongyang, April 21 (IANS) North Korea has appointed new ambassadors to Britain and Indonesia, the North’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, in what would mark the first replacement of its top envoys in major diplomatic outposts in about 10 years.Mun Myong-sin has been appointed as Pyongyang’s envoy to Britain, replacing his predecessor Choe Il, in what is the first personnel reshuffle in nearly a decade, according to the foreign ministry, Yonhap news agency reported.Mun previously served at the No…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) India and China held Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Bilateral Consultations in New Delhi, discussing the implementation of the SCO Leaders’ decisions and the future course of the organisation. The two sides agreed to continue and consolidate mutual cooperation and consultations in SCO matters, according to a statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday.India’s SCO National Coordinator, Ambassador Alok A Dimri and China’s National Coor…
Athens, April 12 (IANS) Pakistani nationals, along with local actors, are embedded in the operational infrastructure of human smuggling and document fraud networks in Europe, according to a report. Greek authorities have started scrutiny of the database of Pakistani nationals who have come to the country on work visas in the past two years after police in March arrested five Pakistani nationals for operating a network of work visas of fake firms and fake government papers, the report in European…
Seoul, March 27 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held summit talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang and signed a treaty on friendship and cooperation, the North’s state media reported Friday.Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had made a two-day official visit to North Korea at the invitation of Kim, and reportedly said bilateral ties between Pyongyang and Minsk were upgraded to a “new stage.”Kim and Lukashenko also signed a number of agreeme…
Seoul, March 26 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has welcomed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang, as the Belarusian leader made his first official visit to the North, according to the North’s state media Thursday.A ceremony to welcome Lukashenko took place at Kim Il Sung Square on Wednesday as he arrived in Pyongyang by his private plane for a two-day visit at the invitation of the North’s leader, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Both North Korea and B…