UNGA President-elect to meet Modi on July 23 thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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New Delhi, July 9
In the run-up to this year’s summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Valdimir Putin, Foreign Ministers of India and Russia on Friday discussed the Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan and vaccine certificates for foreign travel. They also reviewed the progress in their bilateral strong-points of defence, space, nuclear energy and petroleum.
Committed to centrality, unity of ASEAN
Because of larger geopolitical compatibility with Russia, we see a more active Russian presence and participation in the region as something very important. We are very much committed to the centrality and unity of ASEAN. S Jaishankar, external affairs minister
United Nations, Jun 2: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will on June 10 participate in a UN Security Council
Chinese envoy asks for robust Security Council actions to address Palestinian-Israeli issue - China News sina.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sina.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Africa’s most overlooked crises and opportunities New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla
New US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, holds a news conference to mark the start of the US presidency of the UN Security Council for March, at UN headquarters in New York on March 1, 2021. Photo via REUTERS/Mike Segar.
Although Africa continues to face challenges like the pandemic, terrorism, and poverty, the Biden administration understands that “we need to focus on the opportunities” in working with the continent, said US Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
Thomas-Greenfield spoke about US President Joe Biden’s outlook on Africa with Ambassador Rama Yade, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, at an event celebrating Africa Day and introducing the Africa Center’s new team and mission. She added that while Africa hosts many of the world’s fastest