The White House released a statement in which it said, President Joe Biden will officially visit South Korea and Japan next for the Quad Summit where he is also scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, “This trip will advance the Biden-Harris administration's rock-solid commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The leader will discuss opportunities to deepen our vital security relationships, enhance economic ties and expand our close cooperation to deliver practical results”. Psaki further added that in Tokyo, Biden will me
The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) twelfth ministerial conference will take place from June 12-15 in Geneva. The Ministerial Conference (MC) is the highest decision-making body of the Geneva-based multilateral organization. Trade ministers and other senior officials from the member nations will be attending the conference. The MC usually takes place every two years, and it brings together all WTO members, all of which are countries or customs unions. WTO said in a statement, “In a communication forwarded to WTO members on April 25, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Lweala, Chair o
On Wednesday, the External Affairs Minister confirmed a three-day visit to Germany, Denmark and France of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from May 2-4. This will be the first visit abroad of the Prime Minister in 2022. Mr Modi is scheduled to hold various high-level meetings with top dignitaries of the respective companies. He will hold bilateral talks in Berlin with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz which will be the first in-person meeting with the chancellor after taking the office in 2021. Mr Modi and Chancellor Scholz will also jointly address a Business Event. The India-Germany Inter
On Monday (April 25), The U.K. and U.S.A. began two days of trade talks. The talks aimed to secure a coveted post-Brexit free trade deal. Anne-Marie Trevelyan hosted her US counterpart Katherine Tai in Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, and London. Ms Trevelyan said, “This dialogue gives us a platform to explore more modern, digital ways of trading. It will identify and resolve barriers to trade to make it cheaper and easier for businesses in Scotland and throughout the U.K. to do business with our U.S. friends”. In comments on Sunday evening before the meeting, Trevelyan did not mention
On Sunday, US President Joe Biden’s government confirmed accepting Isararli’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s Invitation to visit Israel in the coming months. The statement was confirmed by Bennett’s government as well. However, the date for the expected trip was not mentioned. The statement comes after the two leaders spoke on Sunday where they discussed Iranian issues and the removal of IRCC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) from the US Foreign Terror Organization (FTO). Bennett said, “I am sure that President Biden, who is a true friend of Israel and cares about its secu
On Monday, the meeting between the Indian leadership and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen will discuss counterbalancing China's belligerent moves and Beijing's model of economic expansionism in the Indo-Pacific region. Von der Leyen will discuss the threat to Europe from Russia posed by the Ukraine conflict, while India will seek a broader commitment from the EU to make the Indo-Pacific more inclusive. New Delhi aims to expand the EU's footprint in the Indo-Pacific region. She made it clear that the EU's tense relations with Russia and its attempts to reduc
On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected with a comfortable margin against his competitor. Macron secured a second term by defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen. France has earlier seen two French presidents secure a second term before Macron. However, his margin looked tighter than his first win against Le Pen in 2017, underlying how many French were unimpressed with him and his domestic record. In the wake of Britain's exit from the European Union, Donald Trump's election in 2016 and the rise of a new generation of nationalist leaders, the victory was immediate
On Tuesday, Yemen's new Presidential council was sworn into power in the southern city of Aden. the swearing-in took place a few weeks after a truce between the government and the Houthi rebels began. The city was patrolled by hundreds of government soldiers while the council of eight-man across the country was sworn-in in the front of the parliament building. The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg attended, along with several European and Arab ambassadors. Before the swearing-in ceremony, Yemen's Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek Saeed arrived in Aden, which serves as the
On Saturday, Fumio Kishida and visiting U.S. lawmakers affirmed their commitment to work together under a longstanding bilateral alliance. The talk comes at a time of heightened global tensions that included threats from China and North Korea. The meeting of delegations was led by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina who agreed with Kishida on the importance of maintaining a “free and open Indo-Pacific region”. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas are also part of
The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Ahmedabad on a two-day visit to India for “in-depth talks”. Johnson will become the first British Prime Minister to visit Gujrat. He will meet with leading businesses in Ahmedabad and discuss the burgeoning commercial, trade, and people ties between the UK and India. Gujarat, India's fifth-largest state, was chosen because it is the ancestral home of roughly half the British-Indian diaspora in the UK. PM Johnson is scheduled to land on April 21 and will begin his trip to Ahmedabad in Gujrat post where he will head to New