✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the visiting Chairman of the French Senate, Gerard Larcher on Tuesday held “a fruitful discussion on the India-France strategic partnership”.The two leaders also engaged in talks over the convergence on a number of global issues.
2. Bangladesh’s far right political party Bangladesh Islami Front has completely rejected a recent ‘India Out’ social media campaign in Bangladesh. The campaign has sharpened after Sheikh Hasina, who is seen to be close to India, won a record fourth term in the recently concluded national elections.
3. India’s high-profile conference on geopolitics and geo-economics, THE RAISINA DIALOGUE, is set to convene its 9th edition from February 21 to 23. It is organized by Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic (Greece), H.E. Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis will pay a State visit to India from 21-22 February 2024. PM Mitsotakis will be the Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker at the 9th Raisina Dialogue, 2024 in New Delhi.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the conference is dedicated to tackling pressing issues confronting the global community, will witness the inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 February 2024.
4. US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Rena Bitter, will be travelling to India, during which she will engage with embassy and consulate colleagues in Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi.She will be travelling to India and Qatar during her visit from 19 to 27 February.
5. Amid the escalating tension in the Red Sea, Permanent Secretary of Malta’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs and Trade, Christopher Cutajar said on Tuesday that India has done a lot to prevent piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden and the nearby region and called for intensifying collaborations to establish a safer area for supply chains.
6. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Japan’s Ambassador to India, Hiroshi Suzuki, in New Delhi on Monday.The two leaders had a “good conversation” on the partnership shared between India and Japan.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. Algeria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Sofiane Mimouni speaks before a vote on a UN Security Council resolution to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at UN headquarters in New York.
2. China is reportedly pressing ahead with the construction of border villages in the disputed territory with Bhutan, despite the ongoing border talks between the two countries. At least three villages have been built in the mountainous region separating the two countries.
3. Lyudmila Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny’s mother, on Tuesday (Feb 20) urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hand over her son’s body after his death five days ago in an Arctic jail.
4. Prabowo Subianto, a former Army General once prohibited from the US for human rights violations, is set to become Indonesia’s new President. While the official results will be announced next month, early figures show Prabowo winning close to 60% of the vote.
5. Pakistan Elections: Talks to form government remain inconclusive after several rounds. There remains inconclusive progress on a power-sharing deal between the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP). The PPP is reportedly asking for key constitutional positions of President, Chairman Senate, and Speaker of the National Assembly.
6. The al-Qaeda terror group is making a comeback in Afghanistan under the Taliban government, according to a new report released by the UN Security Council.
7. Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza, UN documents and satellite analysis reveals.
8. Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine is dead: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence.
9. China’s coast guard has triggered ‘panic’ in Taiwan. That’s only part of Beijing’s plan.
10. Pakistan’s major political parties formally announce coalition.
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