New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met European People’s Party President and member of European Parliament, Manfred Weber in Delhi on Monday. During the meeting, the two leaders agreed on the need to continue the positive momentum in India-EU ties and early ratification of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).”Pleased to meet with European People’s Party President Manfred Weber, Member of European Parliament today in Delhi. We agreed on the need to continue the pos…
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Brussels, April 8 (IANS) European leaders on Wednesday welcomed the two-week ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran while expressing the readiness of European Union (EU) to support ongoing efforts for peace in the Middle East. European Council President Antonio Costa urged all parties to uphold terms of the ceasefire to achieve sustainable peace in the region and expressed EU’s support for bringing peace in the Middle East.”I welcome the announcement by the United States and Iran of a two-w…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Maros Sefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, on the sidelines of the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Cameroon, and reviewed progress on the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA).Both the leaders deliberated on key priorities under the MC14 agenda and “reviewed progress on the ongoing work towards the signing of the India-EU FTA, as announced by PM Naren…
Moscow, March 22 (IANS) The United States is pursuing a doctrine of domination in global energy markets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Russian media. “They (the United States) care only about their own well-being. They are ready to defend this prosperity by any means — coups, abductions, or assassinations of leaders of countries that have natural resources Washington desires. All of this is related to oil,” said Lavrov on Saturday.Lavrov further asserted that …
Moscow, March 21 (IANS) European politicians are deliberately plunging their countries into crisis and darkness by continuing to reject Russian energy resources, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday. “It is not a technical disaster nor any natural cataclysms that are causing the global crisis in the European Union (EU), but rather the decisions of its own leaders, who are simply flipping the switch,” Maria Zakharova said in a post on her Telegram channel.On Friday, European C…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong held a telephonic conversation on Friday, discussing the ongoing conflict in West Asia and Indo-Pacific issues. Following the conversation, EAM Jaishankar taking to his X handle wrote, “Very pleased to speak with my Australian counterpart Penny Wong. Shared our assessments of the ongoing West Asia conflict. Also discussed Indo-Pacific issues.”The talks between the two ministers come amid…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar held a telephonic conversation on Thursday over the ongoing conflict in West Asia and its repercussions. Following their conversation, EAM Jaishankar wrote on X: “Had a telecon with FM Gideon Saar of Israel this evening. Exchanged views on the ongoing West Asia conflict and its many repercussions.”The talks between two ministers comes amid ongoing conflict in West Asia which erupted fo…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that the India-UK free trade agreement could come into force soon, noting that the ratification process is moving quickly in the United Kingdom.Speaking at a commemorative session marking two years of the signing of the India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement, organised by ASSOCHAM via video conference in the national capital, Goyal said the agreement with the UK is progressing rapidly and c…
Strasbourg, March 11 (IANS) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday the Middle East conflict has imposed heavy economic costs on Europe, driving up energy prices and adding billions of euros to import bills. “Since the beginning of the conflict, gas prices have risen by 50 per cent and oil prices by 27 per cent,” von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg. She said 10 days of war had already cost European taxpayers an extra 3 billion euros (3.48 billion…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The pressure tactics of the Donald Trump administration have triggered a change in what was a strengthening India-US relationship, according to an article in a prestigious journal.Indian leaders initially assumed the United States would prioritise their partnership as part of a larger plan to compete with China, but this did not happen, which has forced New Delhi to look for alternative partnerships, according to the article in Foreign Affairs magazine.The article consi…