New Delhi/Tokyo, March 24 (IANS) Northeast India has emerged as a crucial nexus where India’s ‘Act East Policy’ aligns with Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ (FOIP), enabling coordinated efforts to counter assertive regional influences through deeper maritime and land connectivity, a report highlighted on Tuesday. It added that the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) — comprising India, Japan, the US, and Australia — facilitates intelligence sharing, technology access, and infrastructu…
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Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) The United States has identified its response to China’s rise as “the defining story of the 21st century” and has signalled a deeper, but conditional, economic partnership with India as part of a broader Indo-Pacific strategy.signalled a deeper, but conditional, economic partnership with India as part of a broader Indo-Pacific strategy.In its Agency Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026–2030, the State Department says: “How the United States responds to the ris…
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Two senior US senators have urged the Trump Administration to convene a Quad Leaders’ Summit ahead of President Donald Trump’s expected meeting in April with Chinese President Xi Jinping, arguing that it would strengthen Washington’s leverage in dealings with Beijing.US Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote to Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio, encouraging the Ad…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) India on Thursday rejected a Bloomberg report which had claimed that a meeting between National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had taken place last year amid stalled trade talks between the two countries. The report had claimed further that it was conveyed to Washington that New Delhi was ready to wait until the end of US President Donald Trump’s term to finalise a trade deal. “There is absolutely no basis for that report. No such …
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) Citing the historic India-US trade deal, which he said is “in the final stages of detailing”, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday said that a “strong momentum” is evident in the growing engagement between New Delhi and Washington. The EAM made the comment as he concluded his February 2-4 visit to the United States during which he also participated in the Critical Minerals Ministerial convened by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday. “Co…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor on Thursday welcomed recent engagement between the leadership of two nations and expressed Washington’s readiness to further elevate ties with New Delhi. Gor shared pictures of External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar’s interactions in Washington with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.”Engagement at the highest levels is currently happening. The United States is ready to elevate this…
Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held separate meetings with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, holding wide-ranging discussions on the India-US strategic and economic partnership.“Delighted to meet US @SecRubio this afternoon,” Jaishankar said in a post on X after the meeting. “A wide-ranging conversation that covered our bilateral cooperation agenda, regional and global issues.”He said the discussions with Rubio cover…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The India-Japan Foreign Ministers’ dialogue in New Delhi this month reflects the strengthening of the “Special Strategic and Global Partnership” between two Indo-Pacific heavyweights navigating geopolitical flux.External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, reaffirmed the ‘Japan-India Joint Vision for the Next Decade’ unveiled during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s August 2025 visit to Japan.This timely parley coincides w…