On Sunday, Russia ruled out any concession talk with the United States over Ukraine on soaring tension as Moscow seeks a wide-ranging new security arrangement with the West. However, it faced strong pressure to pull back troops. Ahead of the talks in Geneva, Russia’s deputy foreign Sergei Ryabkov said the Kremlin was also “disappointed” with the signals coming from Washington and Brussel. Here the European Union and NATO are based. He said, “we will not agree to any concession. That is completely excluded. We are disappointed with the signals coming in the last few days from Washin
To punish a small country Lithuania, President Xi Jinping's regime is targeting the global supply chain. President Xi Jinping blocks Lithuanian imports including Lithuanian parts for defying Beijing for Taiwan. Jinping's regime is upset for approving the establishment of a Taiwanese representative office in Vilnius located in the Middle Kingdom’s wolf warrior diplomacy. By imposing sanctions on the tiny Baltic nation, China is threatening other members of the European Union (EU) not to question Beijing. However, the spokesperson of the Chinese government has denied the reports regarding
As the new year begins, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Li is all set for his foreign diplomatic trips to five littoral countries of the Indian Ocean Region including Island nations the Maldives and Sri Lanka. This initiative will likely strengthen China’s increasing economic and security stakes in the neighbouring countries. On Thursday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Mr Wang would begin his trip on January 4 and visit five nations that will include eastern African countries of Eritrea and Kenya, the island nation of Comoros, Maldives and Sri Lanka. Chinese government spokesper
The five countries the U.S, Russia, U.K, France and China that are also permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have made it their primary objective to avoid nuclear war among nuclear power nations and to increase cooperation and harmony among the countries. All these 5 countries believe issued a joint statement on Monday which was published by Kremlin where they stated that they would work to avoid further spread of nuclear war and nuclear arms. The English language version of the statement read, “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. I
China is asking all the nuclear power nations to discuss briefly the matter of global security to include the increasing threats. It bases its focus on the rare multilateral pledge to tamper with the risks of nuclear war. The director-general of the Chinese foreign ministry’s arms control department Fu Cong told to some reporters that the P5 nations- France, Russia, U.S.A, U.K, and China should discuss “more directly” the global security issues. Additionally, he said that “Strategic stability goes beyond nuclear” stating that their idea to bring together the P5 nations is not jus
Pakistan is soon to host the 19th SAARC Summit and has reiterated its invitation to all the member states. They have restated its invite to India as well, and it says that if India cannot attend the summit physically in Islamabad, they are welcome to attend it virtually. According to some sources, Islamabad is planning to send a formal invitation to all the countries, including India. The last biennial SAARC summit was about to take place in 2016 but was canceled due to the Uri attack in the same year that was carried out by terrorists from across the LoC. India has since then planned to end
A Beijing official warned on Wednesday that China will take “drastic measures” if Taiwan makes move towards Independence, adding that Taiwan’s provocations and outside meddling could intensify next year. China claims that the democratically governed Taiwan is its own territory, and in the past two years has stepped up military pressure to assert its claim. China was willing to try its utmost to seek peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but would act if any red lines on independence were crossed, said Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office, in a media briefing. X
After a group of French parliamentarians visited Taiwan in October, six French lawmakers are now in the country on a five-day trip. Francois de Rugy, the head of the Taiwan Friendship group in the National Assembly, the lower house of France's Parliament, is at the helm of the visiting delegation. They will meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and other senior government officials. Upon arrival at the airport, de Rugby told reports that the lawmakers wish to have exchanges on all dimensions of the relation between Taiwan, the EU and France on the economy and culture and
Australia and South Korea signed a historic $1 billion defence agreement on December 13 when Prime Minister Scott Morrison and President Moon Jae-in held talks in Canberra. As per the agreement, Korean defence company Hanwha will provide 30 self-propelled howitzer artillery weapons, 15 ammunition supply vehicles and radars. The deal, which is the largest ever between Australia and an Asian nation, also includes a new Centre of Excellence built jointly between the South Korean company and the Federal Government in the Victorian region of Geelong. Speaking on the 60th anniversary of
Russia has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution which seeks to formally link climate change and global security. The resolution, drafted by Niger and Ireland, called for "information on the security implications of climate change" to be addressed by the Security Council. Also, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been asked to make climate-related security risks "a central component" of conflict-prevention and peacekeeping strategies. The resolution won support from 12 of the council's 15 members. India voted no and China abstained from voting. Only the Security