On Tuesday, Yoon Suk-Yeol was sworn in as South Korea’s new president. The swearing-in ceremony was celebrated in a huge ceremony at Seoul’s National Assembly. Yoon Suk-Yeol said, “I solemnly swear before the people that I will faithfully perform the duties of the president”. He promised an “audacious” plan for North Korea and reinforced the South’s democracy and freedom. The former prosecutor won the election with a slim margin in March by promising to “sternly deal” with the threat posed by Kim Jong Un’s regime. He spoke in front of the parliament calling North Kor
On Friday, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal co-chaired the India-Italy Business Roundtable with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi DI Maio. The ministers highlighted both nations undergoing dynamic economic cooperation. The leader acknowledges the bilateral trade between the nations reaching Euro 10 billion in the year 2020-2021. According to Mr Goyal, this meeting was the first in a series that has been planned between the two nations and looking forward to transformational and exponential growth in their trade relations with Italy. He said, “India offers the largest business opportu
To mark the 60 years of Friendship between India and Europe, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen arrived in New Delhi. The nations have maintained a robust strategic relationship and looking forward to enhancing cooperation. In 1962, Ambassador K.B. Lall presented his credentials to Mr. Walter Hallstein, the first President of the European Economic Community (EEC), authorizing diplomatic relations with India as one of the first countries in Asia to do so. Since then, India-EU relations have become progressively closer, evolving into a strategic partnership in the 21st
On Tuesday, India’s Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia met his Canadian counterpart Omar Alghabra to discuss the open sky policy. Scindia was on a three-day visit to Canada which was the first bilateral visit by an Indian Cabinet Minister to Canada in two years. The open skies policy involves direct and indirect flights between countries. Scindia said in an interview that the policy will be pursued “to promote greater facilitation from both countries in terms of connectivity. We outlined the next steps on our engagement with Canada”. According to him, he had “a v
India and France issued a joint statement of France's commitment to supporting India’s bid for permanent membership in a reformed UN Security Council along with New Delhi’s entry into the Nuclear Supplier’s Group. According to a joint statement issued on Wednesday, both nations agreed to maintain strong coordination within the framework of the G20 and France reiterated its support for India's efforts to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). In its latest media statement, India said it continues to engage with NSG members in ord
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi participated in the second India-Nordic Summit in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen and invited Nordic companies to invest in India’s Sagarmala project. He also invited companies to invest in the Blue Economy sector. The meeting was attended by Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir of Iceland, Prime minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway and Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland. As per the release, discussions were held on multilateral cooperation in post-economi
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss ways to jointly increase the mobility of students professionals and skilled workers. Mr Modi was on a 3-nation tour and visited France to discuss the issues of bilateral and mutual interests along with regional and global development. Both nations are working together to strengthen their efforts to combat irregular migration between the two nations. According to the joint statement, “Recognising the benefit of bilateral student mobility France maintains the objective of 20,000 Indian
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi called for a rethink of the EU's mechanisms to address unprecedented challenges such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs. Draghi addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg and said, “The institution set up by our predecessors in previous decades have served well European citizens, but are inadequate to the current reality we are now facing”. He visions the EU in a form of “pragmatic federalism” that will include joint decision-making for sectors including the economy, energy, defence and foreign policy. He said
On Monday, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha announced a new defence agreement along with plans to upgrade their economic relations. Kishida wrapped up the last leg of a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia. The joint statement by Prayuth said, “This will help improve national defence and support investment from Japan in this activity which is an important goal for Thailand”. He said he discussed betterment in supply chains along with the drafting of a five-year economic partnership with Japan. As per the agreement, Japan will tr
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to meet Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday. President is also scheduled to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz of which no confirmation was made. The meeting will mark a turnaround in relations that hit a low following the murder of a prominent Saudi critic at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul in 2018. However, this meeting will be with direct knowledge of the Turkish president’s programme. Since President Joe Biden took office, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been working on a rapprochement. The efforts are part