Foreign Affairs

  Hanoi. On the penultimate day of his four-day official visit to Vietnam, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu continued his high-level engagement by holding talks with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Mr Nguyen Xuan Phuc on a...

  Hanoi. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu emphasised the importance of building a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region on the basis of respect for national sovereignty and international law and expressed hope that the concerned...

Cochin. The IBSA (India, Brazil & South Africa) Sherpas’ Meeting, following the Ninth IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Meeting, was held in Cochin from May 3-5. Secretary (Economic Relations) in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) TS Tirumurti...

Canberra. India and Australia held the 11th Meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter-Terrorism at Canberra on May 2. The Indian delegation was led by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry...

  Kabul. In a special gesture, India has provided medical assistance to Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, who have been critically injured in the service of the land-locked nation. To alleviate the challenges and sufferings of...

New Delhi. India has strongly condemned the serial blasts in Sri Lanka on April 21 in which many people were killed and several others have been injured. "We strongly condemn the serial blasts at multiple...

  New Delhi. The 21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) was held in New Delhi from April 11-12. The Meeting was co-chaired by Vijay Thakur Singh, SOM Leader and Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs...

New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, the highest civilian award of the Russian Federation through a Presidential decree, a Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

New Delhi. Foreign Office Consultations between India and the Netherlands were held in New Delhi on April 11. The Indian Side was led by A Gitesh Sarma, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

Moscow. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale visited Moscow from April 1-2. During the visit Moscow, the Foreign Secretary met Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov for Foreign Office Consultations. The discussions reviewed the implementation of the...

Bangkok. The Fifth Foreign Office Consultations between India and Thailand was held on in Bangkok on March 18. The Indian side was led by Ms Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

  NEW DELHI. India has extended full support for the priority areas set out by Brazil, particularly to take forward Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) cooperation on counter terrorism in a meaningful and...

Washington DC. India and the United States have committed to strengthen bilateral security and civil nuclear cooperation, including the establishment of six US nuclear power plants in India. The two sides exchanged views on a...