Seoul, April 14 (IANS) South Korean foreign minister Cho Hyun said on Tuesday that the foreign ministry has dispatched envoys to Algeria and Libya and is seeking to send additional envoys to secure alternative supply routes amid the Middle East crisis.Cho made the remarks during a Cabinet meeting after President Lee Jae Myung called on the government to explore supply chain alternatives as the United States’ war against Iran has choked off the crucial Strait of Hormuz and disrupted maritime traf…
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Washington, April 8 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has publicly appealed to US President Donald Trump to extend a key deadline by two weeks to allow diplomacy to proceed in the escalating West Asia crisis, as the White House signalled it is reviewing the proposal. “The President has been made aware of the proposal, and a response will come,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told IANS, offering the first official reaction to Islamabad’s outreach.Sharif, in a state…
Seoul, April 7 (IANS) The unification ministry of South Korea on Tuesday assessed North Korea’s swift response to President Lee Jae Myung’s expression of regret over drone flights by South Korean individuals as “meaningful progress” moving forward the establishment of peace and coexistence on the Korean Peninsula. Late Monday, Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, issued a statement that said her brother assessed Lee as “frank and broad-minded,” some 10 hours after…
Bengaluru, March 1 (IANS) Amid tensions over US-Israel strikes on Iran and the retaliatory actions, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D. K. Shivakumar condemned attack on a school in which several children were killed.Talking to mediapersons, Shivakumar said, “The war currently taking place between the United States, Israel and Iran is not right. Children have died in airstrikes. Why should a school of innocent children who have done nothing be attacked? This is condem…
Seoul, Jan 2 (IANS) South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Dong-young urged North Korea to return to dialogue Friday, saying South Korea is ready to talk with the North “on any agenda” to ease inter-Korean tensions. Chung made the remarks in his New Year’s message during a ceremony at the government complex in Seoul, stressing that the two Koreas must “end inter-Korean hostilities this year.””The Lee Jae Myung administration, as a sovereign government, will fully support exchanges in the priva…