World and International News -22 March 2023

Japan Prime Minister Kishida makes surprise visit to Ukraine to meet Zelensky

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday met US Secretary of Air Force Frank Kendall in New Delhi. They discussed the global strategic scenario and new opportunities for India-US defense cooperation.

2. Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to represent India at the UN 2023 Water Conference from 22-24 March.

3. US condemns attack on Indian consulate in San Francisco. US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the State Department’s diplomatic security service is working with local authorities to properly investigate.

4. High Commissioner of India to the UK Vikram Doraiswami and Deputy High Commissioner Sujit Ghosh held a meeting with concerned Indian community leaders at India House regarding the attack on the High Commission on Sunday.

5. The first round of the India-GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council countries) Senior Officers Meeting was held in Riyadh. The meeting had participation from all the 6 member countries of GCC. The Gulf Cooperation Council countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – are important markets for EU agricultural exports.

6. Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s lawyer Mubin Solkar said media reports stating that Naik will be deported to India from Oman are false. Naik is presently in Oman to deliver two religious lectures in the capital city Muscat during Ramadan.

7. Hundreds of people from the Indian community gathered at the India House in London with Tricolours in their hands, days after Khalistan supporters pulled down the Tricolour at the Indian High Commission. In videos of the show of support by Indians in front of the High Commission, supporters were seen dancing to ‘Jai Ho’ song and raising ‘Vande Mataram’ slogans.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. IMF Executive Board approves Sri Lanka’s bailout program under Extended Fund Facility.

2. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed Beijing’s proposal for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war during talks in Moscow.

3. Russia announced on Tuesday that it was extending oil production cuts of 5,00,000 barrels per day (bpd) until the end of June.

4. The Dutch government has asked its officials to stop using TikTok and similar apps on their mobile work devices

5. Japan Prime Minister Kishida makes surprise visit to Ukraine to meet Zelensky.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a surprise trip to Ukraine to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – a day after Chinese leader Xi Jinping met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Kishida arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday afternoon local time, and also traveled to Bucha, the town just north of the Ukrainian capital that has become synonymous with Russian atrocities and alleged war crimes.

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