New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Thailand on a two-day visit after wrapping up his Japan visit on Thursday. Manmohan is expected to meet Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and outline the Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement and elevate bilateral ties into a strategic partnership.
Manmohan will also discuss infrastructure projects, defence, science and technology as well as education with the Thai Prime Minister during his visit.
Manmohan ended his three-day visit in Tokyo that saw India and Japan reaffirm the importance of civil nuclear cooperation, while recognising that nuclear safety is a priority for both governments.
Manmohan, accompanied by a high-level delegation, left for Bangkok on a day's visit to reinforce India's "Look East" policy, recognising Thailand as a key gateway to the ASEAN region and seeking to elevate bilateral ties into a "strategic partnership". Ahead of the Prime Minister's visit, the Thai Foreign Ministry said the bilateral meeting "reflects the desire of the two sides to elevate Thai-Indian relations to a strategic partnership, as announced in January last year."...
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06:31 AM, May 31, 2013
Tokyo: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in Tokyo on a three-day visit for bilateral talks. On the agenda are stronger defence ties, joint naval exercises and a possibility of a civil nuclear agreement. The PM also called upon Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, who are due to visit India this year. PM Manmohan, accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, was accorded a red carpet welcome upon his arrival in...
09:35 AM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: India and Switzerland will soon sign a pact to give further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. Health & Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and his Swiss counterpart Alain Berset held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of World Health Assembly at Geneva and discussed various issues of cooperation. Azad said in the continuum of strong Indo-Swiss bilateral cooperation, an MoU between the two countries...
01:11 AM, May 22, 2013
Beijing: China on Tuesday said Li Keqiang's visit to India would give a strong boost to bilateral strategic cooperative partnership even as the premier himself termed his trip as "successful" and "felt at home" during talks with his counterpart Manmohan Singh. "India and China decided enhance co-operation and coordination to international and regional affairs," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a media briefing here when asked how China...
07:55 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Prime minister Manmohan Singh has left for Berlin on Wednesday to participate in the second round of inter-governmental consultations with Germany. The two countries are celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations and will address possible areas of cooperation. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and other important officials are going to be a part of the delegation on the bilateral visit. Dr Singh will arrive in Berlin on the...
09:05 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets new Chinese President Xi Jingping on Wednesday, with both countries waiting for a new direction to bilateral ties that had seen some ups and downs in recent years, particularly over unresolved border tensions. ...
04:40 AM, Mar 26, 2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived here this morning on a three-day India visit during which he will meet captains of industry and hold talks with top leaders who are likely to seek more information on the VVIP helicopters scam involving an Anglo-Italian firm. ...
10:48 AM, Feb 18, 2013
The display of India's military strength, specially the intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-V, has been highlighted by Chinese official media here on January 26. The highlight of the 100-minute Republic Day parade was the display of nuclear-capable Agni-V, capable of striking targets some 6,000 km away, state-run Xinhua news agency said in its report. ...
06:50 PM, Jan 26, 2013
The US has said it supports India's "critical" role as a leader in maintaining regional stability and both have a common interest in promoting global security and the free flow of global trade and commerce. "We have a shared interest in promoting global security, stability, and economic prosperity through trade, investment and connectivity," the State Department said in a background note on India released yesterday. ...
01:57 PM, Jan 01, 2013
China on Wednesday said it would like to make concerted efforts with India to develop strategic cooperative partnership to push for "new progress" in bilateral relations. Looking pleased over External Affairs Minister Salman Khushid's remark that India will have to accept the new reality of China's presence in areas that New Delhi considers to be exclusive to India and its friends, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hong Lei told media briefing...
02:22 AM, Dec 13, 2012
India on Sunday hoped that termination of the GMR's Male airport project by the Maldives government will not impact its relationship with the neighbouring country. The remarks by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid came days after India had expressed unhappiness over the unilateral decision of the Maldivian government. ...
02:40 AM, Dec 10, 2012
Barely a month before Russian President Valdimir Putin's visit, India has sought to dispel doubts about any stress in bilateral ties, saying Russia remained a key priority for India's foreign policy and sought greater economic ties with Moscow. ...
02:23 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Minister of India and China will meet in New Delhi on Tuesday seeking to revive bilateral military ties. Gen Liang Guanglie is the first Chinese Defence Minister to visit India since 2004. On the agenda are a wide range of issues including the border dispute. A day before the first meeting in eight years with a Defence Minister from China, Indian Defence Minister AK Antony told...
09:17 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Phnom Penh: Strongly pitching for a "new pathway" to resolve all issues with India, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday said the two sides need to show flexibility and honour commitments made to each other having taken "baby steps" in improving their ties. India and Pakistan require to build their relationship on "trust" and that sincere efforts must be initiated to ensure that they are able to achieve...
03:19 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Nay Pyi Taw: Embarking on a "new journey" of bilateral cooperation, India on Monday extended a $500 million line of credit as part of 12 agreements on sectors like trade and energy signed with Myanmar, which vowed that its territory will not be allowed to be used by terrorists to target India. Marking a historic visit to Myanmar, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 25 years, Manmohan Singh...
03:40 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Myanmar on Sunday in a historic visit by an Indian prime minister that comes after a gap of 25 years. The PM said before his departure that India and Myanmar would explore new initiatives and define a roadmap for further boosting of bilateral ties with focus on trade, investment and connectivity during his three-day visit. Pointing out that India attaches the highest...
04:52 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday reviewed bilateral ties including the vexed boundary dispute and decided to continue dialogue to resolve outstanding issues. At a brief ceremony at the Prime Minister's official residence, Hu and Singh also declared 2012 as the year of India-China friendship. "The border issue was discussed and the two leaders agreed that Special Representative process should continue to find...
10:40 PM, Mar 29, 2012
London: India and the UK will seek to deepen bilateral ties during a crucial five-day visit of Jeremy Browne, the British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, to New Delhi from on Monday. Browne, who will be on his second trip to India since assuming office in May 2010, will discuss current bilateral and international priorities during his visit to New Delhi. Browne will also open the Joint India-UK Conference...
08:49 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking to step up bilateral ties amid hiccups, India and China on Tuesday decided to set up a new mechanism to maintain peace on their border, and resolved to enhance mutual trust as they ended the 15th round of boundary negotiations. Called a "working mechanism for consultation and coordination on India-China border affairs," it was finalised after two days of talks between India's National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon...
03:44 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: The latest WikiLeaks cables point to a static, dormant Indo-US relationship, with bilateral ties going nowhere. The Hindu newspaper has accessed the leaked cables which show that American officials are not happy with what they saw as the UPA government's "frustratingly cautious'' approach to Indo-US bilateral ties. They blame India's bereaucracy for a lot of the those problems. A cable dated January 8, 2008 from then US Ambassador...
08:08 AM, Mar 21, 2011
