The chances of India and China going to a war are "very very little" as 8000 years of statecraft is good enough to take care of that problem, National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon said here on Monday. ...
06:50 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Hitting out at the "western media war" against the Syrian regime, President Bashar Al-Assad's special envoy on Friday urged India and the other BRICS nations to speak out more forcefully to put an end to the raging violence in her country and for a political dialogue to help the Syrian people decide their own future. ...
05:30 AM, Mar 09, 2013
India not only wants to co-develop and co-produce arms with the US, but also wants to jointly export them, a top Pentagon official has said adding that the United States supports such Indian aspirations. ...
12:39 PM, Feb 09, 2013
India is setting up a national cyber security architecture to protect critical information infrastructure and other networks, National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon said on Monday. ...
01:40 AM, Jan 22, 2013
New Delhi: The US on Friday sought India's help to influence Iran to join international negotiations to break the logjam over Tehran's suspect nuclear programme and pitched for stronger economic and strategic ties between the two countries. US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai. During the talks, the two sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and discussed...
01:16 AM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: Making it clear it will not give up nuclear arms until universal disarmament is achieved, India on Tuesday said the weapons had ended attempts by global powers to blackmail it to toe a particular line. "Nuclear weapons today are integral part of our national security and will remain so, pending non-discriminatory and global nuclear disarmament," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said. India's "hard-headed" leadership had fought "explicit or...
09:52 PM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: India and China on Tuesday agreed to set up a working mechanism on border management to deal with matters related to maintaining peace and tranquility in the frontier areas. The mechanism, mooted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, was finalised at the conclusion of the 15th meeting of the Special Representatives (SR) on the boundary question " National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo in...
07:20 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: India and China on Monday began talks to put in place a mechanism for management of the border between the two nations, an issue that has been an irritant in bilateral relations. National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon led the Indian team at the 15th round of the Special Representatives meeting with the Chinese delegation led by State Councillor Dai Bingguo in New Delhi. The meeting was to be...
02:25 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi/Beijing: Looking to keep their sensitive ties on course despite differences over a host of issues, India and China will hold two-day boundary talks in New Delhi beginning Monday, during which they are also expected to sign a landmark border mechanism. India's external affairs ministry in New Delhi and the Chinese foreign office in Beijing on Saturday announced the boundary talks, which were postponed in November due to Chinese...
11:30 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: The fresh round of India-China Special Representative talks, which were postponed in November after the Chinese protested the Dalai Lama's scheduled participation in a programme in New Delhi, will now be held on January 16-17 in the capital. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs said the Indian delegation to the talks will be led by National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon while the Chinese...
12:16 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding border dispute and visa row, India and China on Monday projected a positive outlook of their relations, with China saying that the rise of the two countries together was "irreversible" which no force can stop even as some countries are trying to "drive a wedge". Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yan said in spite of all kinds of prophecies with "ill-intention", bilateral relations take their own course and move...
11:06 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: India and China are set to hold the 15th round of boundary talks in New Delhi mid-January after these were deferred following the Chinese objection to the Dalai Lama speaking at an international Buddhist conference in Delhi. The two sides are also expected to sign a landmark border mechanism to curb incidents of intrusion. Both sides are working on the dates, said government sources. India's special representative, National...
12:37 AM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: The border talks between India and China scheduled to commence on Monday have been indefinitely postponed. Sources said that some demands by the Chinese side, which were regarded as unacceptable by India, led to the postponement of the 15th round of talks on the long-pending boundary problem. Chinese Special Representative Dai Bingguo was to travel to Delhi for talks with his Indian counterpart Shivshankar Menon. The scheduled meeting...
08:54 AM, Nov 26, 2011
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram held a security review meeting with the intelligence and investigating agencies' officials on Thursday, a day after a powerful bomb blast killed 12 people outside the Delhi High Court. The meeting was attended by heads and officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB). National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon also attended the high-level meeting...
12:21 PM, Sep 08, 2011
Washington: A day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reviewed the Indo-US ties with National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, the State Department has said the strategic partnership with New Delhi is premised on strong support for India's role as an important actor on the global stage. Clinton, who had hosted a luncheon for Menon at Foggy Bottom headquarters of the US State Department, discussed a wide range of bilateral and...
11:34 AM, Jan 30, 2011
Menon is expected to convey India's concerns over Beijing's plans to build two nuclear reactors for Pakistan. ...
07:21 PM, Jul 03, 2010
Menon said that the core issue between the two sides would be "terrorism". ...
01:47 PM, Jul 07, 2009
She will be India's second woman foreign secretary after Chokila Iyer. ...
08:06 PM, Jun 30, 2009
Post-conflict rehaul in Sri Lanka after LTTE's defeat was discussed. ...
12:48 PM, May 21, 2009
Indian envoys met President Mahinda Rajapaksa and conveyed its concerns. ...
11:39 PM, Apr 24, 2009
