✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will pay a three day official visit to Russia from today (07 Jul). During the visit, Minister will meet his counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
2. India & Russia agree to have 2 + 2 strategic dialogue, India has had such meetings only with the United States and Japan. The 2 plus 2 dialogue entails an annual meeting between the external affairs minister, Mr S. Jaishankar and the defence minister, Mr Rajnath Singh and their Russian counterparts.
3. India 2 plus 2 with Russia is being seen as another way of strengthening the military to military relationship between the two countries. India’s main battle tank is the Russian T-90, the two Rafales squadrons, fighter plane Russian Sukhoi-30 & the Navy nuclear-powered submarines from Moscow.
4. Chief of Army Staff Gen M M Naravane has met UK’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Nicholas Carter and exchanged views on defence cooperation between the two countries. Gen Naravane arrived on a two-day visit to the United Kingdom on 05 Jul (Monday).
5. Chinese President Xi Jinping has promoted Xu Qiling, Commander of the People’s Liberation Army’s Western Theatre Command which oversees the borders with India, to the rank of a General, amid the continued standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Two stealthy missile ships of the Italian Navy have entered the Black Sea, ready to participate in the Sea Breeze 21 exercise with NATO. Currently, it is known that Russia has sent patrol boats to escort the fleet of NATO warships.
2. The US coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region Kurt Campbell said that US President Joe Biden will host a summit with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan this year.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
