Islamabad, May 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s relevance on the global platform does not rest on neutrality or credibility. Any diplomatic process particularly involving Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Israel where Islamabad seeks a decisive role should be approached with strict limits, hard verification, and deep skepticism, a report has highlighted. According to a report in Counterpoint, Pakistan is attempting to portray itself as an “indispensable diplomatic broker”, including in US-Iran negotiations. Howev…
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Washington, May 19 (IANS) Former US Ambassador to India Richard Verma warned that recent trade disputes, visa restrictions and rising anti-Indian sentiment in the United States had created new strains in the US-India relationship, even as he described the partnership as one of the most consequential in the world.Speaking at the Capitol Hill Summit 2026 organised by the US-India Friendship Council, Verma said ties between Washington and New Delhi had witnessed “exceptional growth” over the pa…
Seoul, May 7 (IANS) North Korea is not bound under any circumstances by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), its representative to the United Nations said in a statement released Thursday, calling any attempt to force Pyongyang to fulfill treaty obligations a “wanton violation” of international law.In the statement, dated May 6 and carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency, Kim Song, Pyongyang’s permanent representative to the UN, claimed his country’s nuclear program ref…
Seoul, April 29 (IANS) Senior officials of South Korea and the United States discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and challenges facing the global disarmament and non-proliferation regime, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. Jeong Yeon-doo, South Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister for Diplomatic Strategy and Intelligence, met with Christopher Yeaw, US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the State Department, in New York on Tuesday (US time) on …
Seoul, April 28 (IANS) South Korea’s top nuclear envoy has stressed the need to swiftly resolve the North Korean nuclear issue, calling it the “most urgent” challenge to the nonproliferation regime, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Jeong Yeon-doo, vice foreign minister for diplomatic strategy and intelligence, made the remarks in a keynote speech during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference held in New York on Monday (US time), according to the ministry.”The DPRK is the only ca…
Tehran, April 16 (IANS) Iran will not compromise on its nuclear enrichment rights, said the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, adding that its entitlement to nuclear energy is firmly grounded in international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), state media reported on Thursday.Addressing a press conference in Tehran, Baqaei dismissed what he described as baseless speculation in Western media regarding Iran’s enrichment programme, stressing that the count…
Washington, March 19 (IANS) Military action has badly damaged Iran’s nuclear programme, but it cannot wipe out the knowledge, materials, and industrial capacity that could allow Tehran to rebuild, International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said in an interview on Thursday. Grossi said the attacks had rolled back the programme “considerably,” but warned that key problems would remain once the fighting stops.“One cannot deny that this has really rolled back the pr…
Geneva, March 4 (IANS) For the advocates of global disarmament, the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan undermines both the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the humanitarian logic behind the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which categorically rejects the legitimacy of nuclear weapons under any security framework, a report has highlighted.”On 17 September 2025, Saudi Arabia – a member of the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty – and …
Tel Aviv, Feb 24 (IANS) Israel and India should prioritise vigilance over alarmism through deeper strategic dialogue with NATO partners, stronger non-proliferation mechanisms, and robust regional diplomacy as “quiet preventive measures often prove more effective than public confrontation”, a report said on Tuesday. Writing for ‘Times of Israel’, Sergio Restelli, an Italian political advisor, author and geopolitical expert, said that both Jerusalem and New Delhi should watch closely as Pr…
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) The United States has accused China of conducting a “yield-producing nuclear test” in 2020 and warned that Washington will no longer remain at an “intolerable disadvantage” as President Donald Trump pushes for a new multilateral arms control agreement. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Christopher Yeaw told a Washington audience on Wednesday (local time) that the US government is “aware that China conducted one such yield-prod…