New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday strongly condemned Thursday’s terror attack by the Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammed in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of at least 45 CRPF personnel and said that the perpetrators behind the act should be “duly punished”. In a message to Prime Minister Narendra[Read More…]
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Putin welcomes Erdogan to Moscow to discuss Syrian war
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Kremlin on Wednesday, where the pair were set to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, a country in which both nations have a military presence, albeit on opposing sides. Putin and Erdogan met in the Russian[Read More…]
Xi, Putin exchange New Year greetings
Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged New Year greetings on Monday. In his congratulatory message to Putin, Xi said that the year 2018 has a special significance in China-Russia relations, and both countries have smoothly completed their respective important domestic political agendas and opened a[Read More…]
No bilateral meeting with Putin in Paris: Donald Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he will have lunch with Russian President Vladimir Putin among other leaders during his planned trip to Paris but no meeting was expected. Trump also revealed that he is likely to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “early next year”. “We will be[Read More…]
Kim Jong-un to visit Russia: South Korean envoy
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to visit Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later in November, the South Korean Ambassador to Russia said on Monday. The specific dates of Kim’s Russia visit were not announced but Woo Yoon-keun said it was likely to happen later[Read More…]
Does India’s Tajikistan conundrum have answers in strategy over PoK?
Last week Tajikistan witnessed a flurry of Indian leaders’ visit. Soon after President Ram Nath Kovind’s standalone three-day visit to the Central Asian country from October 7 to 9, the landlocked nation with its border touching Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) hosted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on its soil on[Read More…]
Why India invited Afghan and Uzbekistan Presidents prior to Putin’s visit?
When Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving in India for a two-day visit on October 4, it will be appropriate to see through diplomatic prism the just concluded back to back visit of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in the country. While security and strategy were the[Read More…]
Putin to visit India next month for bilateral summit
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India from October 4-5 during the course of which he will hold an annual bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was announced on Friday. “Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to New Delhi on October 4-5 for[Read More…]
Keeping S-400 Russian missiles in mind, India signs COMCASA with US
Indicating that the US is keen to strengthen its position in the Indo-Pacific region, America under the Donald Trump administration moved ahead and sealed the long-pending Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) with India. This development took place as the two countries held their first two plus two dialogue, involving[Read More…]
I wanted Trump to win US election: Vladimir Putin
Helsinki: US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin started their first bilateral meeting here on Monday and they are expected to discuss a wide range of issues. Putin told the media that the two leaders had kept in regular touch over the telephone and in meetings in[Read More…]
Reporter asks Modi whether he is on Twitter, gets trolled
In a brief clipping that is going viral on Twitter, NBC News journalist Megyn Kelly is seen interacting with PM Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the International Economic Forum in Russia. It is believed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi happens to have a large number of[Read More…]
Misogyny played a role in election failure, says Hillary Clinton
Putin denies interfering in US election
Syria: 3 Turkish soldiers killed in Russian airstrike, Putin apologises
Russian airstrikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others during an operation against Islamic State in northern Syria on Thursday morning, Turkey’s military said in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and expressed sorrow and condolences for the accidental killing, the military[Read More…]
Russia demands apology after Fox News journalist calls Putin ‘a killer’
Russia on Monday sought an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel’s anchor made about Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with US President Donald Trump. In an interview with Donald Trump, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly described Putin as “a[Read More…]
‘Hasta la Victoria Siempre’: World leaders pay tribute to Fidel Castro
World leaders paid tribute to the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, describing him as an iconic figure of his time fiercely resisted colonialism and return Cuba to its own people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Castro as “one of the most iconic personalities of the 20th century”. He tweeted: Fidel Castro[Read More…]
Of all world leaders, Putin the happiest about Trump’s victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in US elections. The Kremlin said that it hoped to work with him on improving relations between the two countries, reported AFP. Putin ‘expressed hope for mutual work on bringing US-Russia relations out of their critical condition as[Read More…]
16 Indo-Russian agreements on BRICS Summit sidelines
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called out to India’s ‘old friend’ Russia in a joint address at the sidelines of the BRICS Summit before holding wide-ranging talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which covered the entire expanse of bilateral engagement. The engagement witnessed 16 agreements being signed between the two countries.[Read More…]
BRICS nations are committed to anti-terror cooperation, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the five-nation bloc of emerging economies was “determined” to cooperate in the fight against terrorism. “For our five countries’ leaders this meeting (in Goa) will be a good opportunity to harmonise our positions on key issues on the international agenda. We are determined to cooperate[Read More…]