Cargo vessel MV Jag Anand all set to bring 23 Indian sailors stuck in China back home today
India
Published: Thursday, January 14, 2021, 9:19 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 14: The 23 Indian sailors onboard bulk cargo vessel MV Jag Anand, who were stuck in China since June 13, is expected to reach India on Thursday. Earlier, Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had confirmed said that the Indian crew members would reach India on January 14. Our seafarers stuck in China are coming to India. Ship MV Jag Anand, having 23 Indian crew, stuck in China is set to SAIL toward China, Japan, to carry out crew change, will reach India on 14th January, Mandaviya tweeted.
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India has made an important announcement ahead of the visit of Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali to India.
Gyawali arrived in the national capital on Thursday on a three-day visit.
New Delhi: In a subtle message ahead of the Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali s visit to India for the India-Nepal Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Friday, Delhi has made it clear that boundary issues will not be discussed.
Gyawali arrived in the national capital on Thursday on a three-day visit during which he will co-chair the JCM with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and is expected to discuss COVID-19-related cooperation while reviewing the entire gamut of bilateral relations.
India, China continue to maintain close communication: MEA on Ladakh standoff
Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava briefing on 17th ASEAB-INDIA Summit, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo)Premium
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. Updated: 14 Jan 2021, 07:51 PM IST PTI
The MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the two sides have agreed to hold the next round of military talks and are in constant communication in this regard
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India and China continue to maintain close communication through diplomatic and military channels with the objective of ensuring complete disengagement at all friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) said on Thursday.
India has requested China to allow early crew change for stranded sailors: MEA
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. Updated: 08 Jan 2021, 08:10 PM IST PTI
Asked about the issue at an online media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the Indian Embassy in Beijing is continuously following up the issue with relevant Chinese authorities
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India on Friday said its Ambassador in Beijing has taken up with the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister the issue of 39 Indian sailors stranded on two cargo ships in Chinese waters and requested early approval for crew change for Indian crew members aboard the two vessels.
Routine for Pak to come up with farcical actions prior to key intl meets: MEA on Lakhvi sentencing
India
Updated: Saturday, January 9, 2021, 0:12 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 08: India on Friday scoffed at Pakistan after a court there sentenced Mumbai attack mastermind and UN proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to imprisonment over terror financing charges, saying it has become routine for it to come up with farcical actions prior to key international meetings.
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi
Asked about the jail sentence to Lakhvi, and issuance of an arrest warrant against Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by another Pakistan court on Thursday, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the timing of these actions clearly suggests the intention of conveying a sense of compliance ahead of APG (Asia-Pacific Group) meet and the next FATF (Financial Action Task Force) plenary meet in February 2021.