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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to visit China next week to further boost bilateral ties

May 31, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will embark on a five-day visit to China on June 4 to further strengthen bilateral ties,” the Foreign Office announced on May 31, as the all-weather allies seek to upgrade cooperation under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “Sharif…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping appoints senior diplomat Xu Feihong as new envoy to India

May 7, 2024 admin

Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed senior diplomat Xu Feihong as the new Ambassador to India after an unusually long delay of 18 months amid frozen relations between the two countries over the eastern Ladakh military standoff. Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed senior diplomat Xu Feihong as the new Ambassador to India after an…

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China reaffirms financial support for Sri Lanka

March 30, 2024 admin

This handout photo released by Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s Office on March 27, 2024 shows Sri Lanka’s PM Dinesh Gunawardena (left) with Chinese President Xi Jinping, before a meeting in Beijing. | Photo Credit: AFP China has said it would continue to support Sri Lanka, as the crisis-hit island nation’s Prime Minister on March 30…

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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena arrives on six-day visit to China

March 25, 2024 admin

Dinesh Gunawardena. File | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena arrived at Beijing on March 25 for a six-day official visit during which he will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on ways to further deepen bilateral ties. “Mr. Gunawardena was received on his arrival by Chinese…

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise imprisoned democracy blogger during China visit

November 1, 2023 admin

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. File | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on November 1 he will raise the plight of a detained democracy blogger with Chinese leaders during a state visit to China. Mr. Albanese said he had approved a draft letter to the sons of Yang Hengjun, who has been…

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China plans to send Vice-President Han Zheng to represent country at UN General Assembly session

September 15, 2023 admin

Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng. File | Photo Credit: AP China is sending Vice-President Han Zheng to the U.N. General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on September 15, suggesting that the country’s most senior diplomat Wang Yi will not attend. This year’s gathering of world leaders at United Nations headquarters in…

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‘Health of Democracy’ an important issue for India-U.S. relations; call PM Modi’s public reaction to Karnataka elections a ‘positive’ indicator

September 9, 2023 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden (left) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File | Photo Credit: AP The “health of democracy” is an important issue for the India-U.S. relationship, said senior U.S. White House officials, adding that U.S. President Joe Biden raised these issues in every meeting he has held with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Briefing the…

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‘Health of Democracy’ an important issue for India-U.S. relations, says U.S. White House officials

September 9, 2023 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden for the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, Delhi, on September 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: Dan Kitwood The “health of democracy” is an important issue for the India-U.S. relationship, said senior U.S. White House officials, adding that U.S. President Joe Biden raised these issues in…

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China sends ‘deliberate signals’ to India, West as Xi Jinping skips G-20

September 5, 2023 admin

File image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto With Chinese President Xi Jinping skipping a G-20 summit for the first time, Beijing is sending “deliberate signals” to India and the West by essentially downgrading its involvement in a key international forum, according to current and former officials and people familiar with Beijing’s thinking. Missing…

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