Blinken to discuss Afghan peace, stability with Indian partners: State Dept ANI | Updated: Jul 24, 2021 06:50 IST
Washington DC [US], July 24 (ANI): USSecretary of StateAntony Blinken plans to discuss ways to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan during talks with Indian leadership next week, a top State Department official told reporters on Friday.
Blinken, during his India visit next week, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and discuss a wide range of issues including Indo-Pacific engagement and shared regional security interests.
During a special briefing, Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson said, “Our bilateral discussions with our Indian partners will focus on expanding our security, defense, cyber, and counterterrorism cooperation.
Pegasus snooping: Use of spying technology against civil society, regime critics, journalists always concerning, says US
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The United States has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics, and journalists, even as it maintained that the US has no particular insight into the Pegasus issue in India. The whole notion of using this type of technology against civil society, or regime critics, or journalists, or anybody like that through extrajudicial means is always concerning, Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson told reporters during a news conference here on Friday. On Sunday last, an international media consortium reported that over 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including of two ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and one sitting judge besides scores of businesspersons and activists in India could have been targeted for hacking through the Pegasus spyware.
Amid Pegasus Row US Says Technology Use Against Civil Society, Regime Critics Concerning Amid Pegasus Row US Says Technology Use Against Civil Society, Regime Critics Concerning Pegasus Row: The whole notion of using this type of technology against civil society, or regime critics, or journalists, or anybody like that through extrajudicial means is always concerning, US s Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson told reporters
Pegasus Spying Row: The government has been denying all Opposition allegations over the matter
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The US has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics and journalists, even as it maintained that it has no particular insight into the Pegasus issue in India.
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The US has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics, and journalists.
The United States has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics, and journalists, even as it maintained that the US has no particular insight into the Pegasus issue in India. The whole notion of using this type of technology against civil society, or regime critics, or journalists, or anybody like that through extrajudicial means is always concerning, Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson told reporters during a news conference here on Friday.
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