India and Saudi Arabia are going to bond over the hydrocarbon sector. Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today had a telephonic conversation with Dr. Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry & Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia and discussed about further strengthening cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector to enhance the strategic partnership […]
Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District led a high-level delegation to India from 15-19 June 2019. The delegation included senior officials from the Russian Ministry for Far East Development, Far East Investment and Export Agency, representatives of Russian regions, industry representatives and […]
The 16th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) was held in Doha, Qatar. Gen. (Dr) V.K. Singh (Retd), Minister of State for External Affairs led the Indian delegation. Earlier, Manish, Joint Secretary (South) attended the Senior Officers’ Meeting (SOM) held on April 30. In his address at the Asia Cooperation Dialogue, the Minister expressed […]
Dr Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea called on the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (March 18, 2019). Welcoming the Guinean PM and his delegation to India, the President said that recent high level visits have imparted a new momentum to India-Guinea bilateral ties. He […]
Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu will be paying a visit to Paraguay from 5-7 March 2019 and to the Republic of Costa Rica from 7-9 March 2019. This is the first high-level visit from India to both countries. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including Minister of State […]
Saudi Arabia is going to invest USD 100 billion in the Indian economy. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was in India yesterday and he oversaw the signing and exchange of the agreements. Saudi investment will be in areas like energy, refining, petro-chemicals, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, housing and information, and […]
The Second Foreign Office Consultations between India and New Zealand was held on 05 February 2019 in New Delhi. The India side was led by Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs and the New Zealand side was led by Ben King, Deputy Secretary Americas and Asia Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
Chingiz Azamatovich Aidarbekov, Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, on his first ever official visit to India on 27-31 January, met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on January 29th. The two Ministers held wide-ranging discussions on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest. Noting the close cultural and historical ties between India and Kyrgyzstan […]
The first India Central Asia Dialogue at the level of Foreign Ministers is being held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 12-13 January 2019. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will co-chair the Dialogue along with Abdulaziz Kamilov, the host and the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Foreign Minister of Afghanistan will participate in the […]
Senator Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, is coming to India on 07-09 January 2019. Australian Foreign Affairs Minister will arrive in Delhi at about 7.55 pm and will meet Sushma Swaraj, Indian External Affairs Minister, on January 8 2019 at 12.30 PM. The meeting is going to take place at Jahanara, Hotel […]
