New Zealand Foreign Ministry has affirmed that Tonga communication systems remain severely limited after damage to a key undersea cable cut international an
KABUL - His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, commended the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accomplishments by conferring the Amir Amanullah Khan Medal to Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar, and the Ghazi Mir Masjidi Khan Medal to Deputy Foreign Minister Mirwais Nab. President Ghani acknowledged the achievements and accomplishments of the Foreign Ministry, particularly the successful convening of the 9
th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process and the 2020 Geneva Conference on Afghanistan.
During the medal awarding ceremony held at the Presidential Palace, His Excellency stated that Geneva and Heart of Asia Conferences, successfully managed by Foreign Ministery, played a significant role in strengthening Afghanistan s relations with regional and international partners and promoting a just and lasting peace that preserved the gains of the last two decades in Afghanistan.
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Colombo (News 1st); Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage has said that a decision has not been taken by the Government to impose a ban on wearing the burqa and niqab in Sri Lanka.
The Foreign Ministery noted no decision to impose such a ban was made and it is merely a proposal, which is under discussion.
This proposal has been based on the precautionary measures that are needed on national security grounds, following the investigations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the 2019 April 21st Attacks, it added.
The Government will initiate a broader dialogue with all parties concerned and sufficient time will be taken for necessary consultations to be held and for consensus to be reached, said the Foreign Ministry.
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The central government on Wednesday issued a statement saying that the annual India-Russia summit was being cancelled this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Centre refuted all other claims and speculations being made around the cancellation of the summit and called them false and misleading.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that the India-Russia Annual Summit did not take place in 2020 because of the COVID pandemic, that was a mutually agreed decision between the two governments. He added that any imputation otherwise was false and misleading. He further said that spreading false stories in important relationships was particularly irresponsible.
quite the social media campaign to call for the release of butina. that is going to be effective in any way? yeah. no, it s not going to have any effect on federal prosecutors or the u.s. judicial system but it is a very clever propaganda ploy. basically yesterday the russian foreign ministry was posting on its facebook page maria butina with her picture on the official facebook page of the russia foreign ministery. clearly the russians plan to use this as some sort of example for them of american overreach going after russian citizens in the united states. she was just a graduate student trying to pursue her studies and the evil americans accuse her of being a spy. michael, doesn t it strike you as odd they would go to such extremes to product someone who