New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will visit the Philippines on July 22–23 to attend the ASEAN framework discussions as well as participate in the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the United States. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Jaishankar will participate in Foreign Minister level Meetings under the ASEAN framework, including the ASEAN-India, East Asia Summit (EAS) and ASEAN Regional For…
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Washington, July 15 (IANS) The Trump administration has received 78 applications for its new artificial intelligence export programme and signed more than 28 critical minerals agreements as Washington intensifies efforts to compete with China in technology and strategic supply chains.David Fogel, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, told a congressional hearing that applications for the first wave of the American AI Export Programme were nearly three times higher than officials ha…
Seoul, June 27 (IANS) Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina attended the Pax Silica Summit in Washington this week where partner nations discussed cooperation in artificial intelligence and semiconductor supply chains, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.The Pax Silica Summit is a US-led strategic initiative and coalition of more than 20 partner nations dedicated to securing the global technology supply chain, reports Yonhap news agency.On the first day of the second summit, held from Thursday to Fri…
Washington, June 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he expects Iran to agree to a final deal within 60 days of the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU).If no deal is reached within 60 days beginning Thursday, “we will do things that won’t make them happy,” Trump said at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday. “But I don’t think it’s going to get to that.”The text of the MoU states that the two sides commit to negotiating and achieving the final deal in maximum 60 days, e…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs dismissed reports of attacks on an Indian-crewed tanker, MT Liaki Freedom, off the coast of Oman, which had triggered fresh concerns amid a series of such incidents in the region, clarifying that all the crew members were safe after directly speaking with the vessel’s master.MEA sources said immediate contact was established with the ship to verify the situation, given the heightened sensitivity surrounding recent incidents involving c…
Washington, June 11 (IANS) The United States and Japan reiterated their commitment to the “complete denuclearisation” of North Korea and rejected Russia’s notion that Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear arms was a “closed” issue, as they held key defence talks in Tokyo this week, according to a joint statement.The allies held the bilateral Extended Deterrence Dialogue at Japan’s foreign ministry on Monday and Tuesday as they seek to reinforce security cooperation in the face of China’s growing assert…
Seoul, June 8 (IANS) Senior US State Department officials recently met with a South Korean pastor who had led rallies opposing the impeachment of now-jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed marital law bid, according to a church on Monday. According to Segero Church, Riley Barnes, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labour (DRL), and Julie Turner, acting deputy assistant secretary of state for DRL, along with White House faith liaison Belsis Romero, visited…
Washington, June 4 (IANS) Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the United States is working to find third-country resettlement options for Afghan allies stranded abroad, including many currently in Pakistan, as the Trump administration continues to review relocation policies for those who assisted American forces during the Afghanistan war. The issue emerged during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday (local time) when Representative Julie Johnson criticised the adminis…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) The United States has expanded its response to the Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa, announcing more than $162 million in assistance and a series of measures aimed at containing the disease while preventing its spread to the United States.In an update issued on Wednesday, the US State Department said it was working closely with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and U…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at countering China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), arguing that Beijing is using infrastructure financing and investment deals to expand its economic and strategic influence around the world.Congressman Scott Fitzgerald of Wisconsin and Congressman Zach Nunn of Iowa on Tuesday unveiled the Thwarting Regional Adversary Investments Now (TRAIN) Act and the Build Responsible Infrastructure Development for the Glo…