New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Jordan’s Ambassador to India, Yousef Abdelghani on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached between the United States and Iran, noting that Jordan, from the very beginning, has been calling for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. In an interview with IANS, Abdelghani condemned Iran’s targetting of Gulf countries, infrastructure, oil structure, oil fields and closing the Strait of Hormuz. He also mentioned about India-Iran ties, describing them as “solid, st…
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Canberra, April 8 (IANS) Australia on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire announcement involving the United States, Iran and Israel, expressing hope that the agreement will be upheld and lead to a broader resolution of the ongoing conflict in West Asia.US President Donald Trump has stepped back from the brink of a major military escalation with Iran, announcing a conditional two-week pause in planned attacks tied to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a development that came as a big relief to people a…
United Nations, March 25 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised his diplomacy to end the Iran War, appointing a personal representative on Wednesday to support the mediation efforts. Guterres said he was hopeful that despite the differing positions of the sides in the conflict, “there will be a way in which they can come to an understanding to end this horrible conflict”.The picture of diplomacy to end the conflict, now in its fourth week, is murky.US President Donald Trump has …
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The ongoing war in West Asia is not just a conflict of armies; it is a failure of imagination, restraint, and timely diplomacy. It reflects a world that understood the risks but chose delay over decision, and rhetoric over resolution. What we are witnessing today is not an unexpected crisis, but the outcome of ignoring peace when it was still possible.For decades, the region lived under an illusion of stability. The framework created after the Oslo Accords was never fu…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) It is hard to overlook the irony of the United States establishing a ‘Board of Peace’ that includes Pakistan as a key member. The visuals from Davos — featuring US President Donald Trump engaged in a close dialogue with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif — were not merely symbolic; they reflected a troubling disregard for important realities.Pakistan’s record is neither ambiguous nor disputed. It is a country long accused of sponsoring cross-border terrorism agains…
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) The Board of Peace being proposed by President Donald Trump would not require countries to pay an entry fee or mandatory dues, a senior US official said, seeking to address questions about how the initiative would operate.Asked whether a reported $1 billion figure amounted to a buy-in, the official said it did not. “No. Countries that make significant contributions to projects and want to have proper oversight can stay involved,” the official said on condition of an…
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) President Donald Trump has said he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for what he described as his role in stopping multiple major wars, including allegedly averting a potential conflict between India and Pakistan, arguing that no other leader had achieved comparable results. New Delhi, however, has repeatedly denied any third-party involvement in facilitating the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan and has maintained that it was Islamabad which urged the Indian …