Bishkek, May 14 (IANS) Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) Pavan Kapoor held a series of bilateral engagements with top global security officials in Bishkek on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) 21st meeting of Secretaries of Security Councils in Bishkek. He met his Iranian counterpart, Ali Bagheri Kani, Deputy for International Affairs at Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), on Wednesday, where the two sides exchanged views on bilateral and regional deve…
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Iran and the US’s blockage of the Strait of Hormuz is “illegal, and the breakdown of the rule of law and rules-based order”, India’s former Ambassador to the UAE and Egypt Navdeep Singh Suri said on Thursday. In an interview with IANS, Suri stated that the recent developments in West Asia have a direct impact on the Indian economy. He called for seeing Strait of Hormuz going back to the status it enjoyed prior to February 28, when the US and Israel attacked Iran.On how…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday accused Defence Minister Rajnath Singh of giving a “shameful clean chit” to Pakistan during his remarks at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Bishkek, calling his statements “anti-national.” This comes after ‘RMO India’ took to social media ‘X’ and said, “It was a testimony to our zero-tolerance outlook towards terrorism and its perpetrators, which was endorsed by this esteemed Forum. But the real test of our collective…
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 addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Bishkek, stressing the urgent need for a collective and uncompromising approach to tackle the “evils” of terrorism, separatism and extremism by dismantling safe havens and rejecting any political justification for such acts. “Operation Sindoor demonstrated India’s firm resolve that terrorism epicentres are no longer immune to justifiable punishmen…
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…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek tomorrow. In a social media post, he stated that he will highlight India’s commitment towards global peace amidst the security challenges prevailing in the world. Defence Minister underlined that he will also convey the country’s consistent stance on Zero Tolerance for Terrorism and Extremism.“Leaving for B…
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…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump, during his second term in office, is radically altering the close and longstanding ties between India and the United States that had been forged over recent years, as his administration pursues a more isolationist America First policy, and given this, the “new rapprochement between India and the EU is crucially deemed to strengthen stability within the international system”, according to an article.The Trump administration has made a drastic s…