LONDON:New Pakistan High Commissioner Moazzam Ahmad Khan said he looked forward to strengthening ties with the United Kingdom as he presented his credentials to His Majesty King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London. The High Commissioner and his spouse Ambassador Leena Salim Moazzam were escorted in a state carriage by the Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic...
Oct 17 (Reuters) – The European Union ministers have been advised to take a tougher line on China and see the country as an all-out competitor with limited areas of potential engagement ahead of talks on revising Brussels’ strategy towards Beijing, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The union should work closely with the United States, strengthen...
PARIS:President of the French Republic, Mr. Qyzy Arystankulova Emmanuel Macron received letters of credence from newly appointed Ambassador of Kazakhstan.The ceremony was held in the Palais de l’Élysée . The Kazakh Ambassador Gulsara Merey conveyed to the President of the French Republic President Tokayev’s best wishes and reaffirmed Kazakhstan’s interest in expanding and strengthening the...
Oct 15 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will provide $400 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Saudi state news agency SPA said, adding that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made a phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday. The crown prince expressed the kingdom’s readiness to continue efforts of mediation and support everything that...
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden pledged on Tuesday “there will be consequences” for U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced last week that it would cut its oil production target over U.S. objections. His announcement came a day after powerful Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...
KYIV, Oct 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he doubted whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would use a tactical nuclear weapon as Ukraine pleaded for a rapid increase in Western military aid to defend against missile strikes on its cities. Explosions rocked the Russian-occupied southern towns of Kherson and Melitopol and...
LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday will tell other Group of Seven leaders to remain steadfast in their support of Ukraine and request an urgent meeting of NATO leaders, Downing Street said, after Russia stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities. Russian President Vladimir Putin has mobilised more troops and...
SEOUL:South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup met with the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command in Seoul on Friday to discuss North Korea’s provocations and the Seoul-Washington alliance, Lee’s office said. Lee and Adm. John Aquilino shared the view that the allies have “strongly” responded to North Korea over Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile tests, according...
WASHINGTON:US announced new economic sanctions on North Korea after launched a series of ballistic missiles he called “unprecedented in their pace, scale and scope.” In a statement,US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this year alone, North Korea has launched 41 ballistic missiles, six of them intercontinental ballistic missiles. North Korea has conducted six ballistic...
BERLIN, October 7 (TASS) Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said Europe can achieve a lasting peace only with the involvement of Russia. Merkel, who was chancellor from 2005 to 2021, made the statement at a ceremony dedicated to the 77th anniversary of the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper in Munich. She said the Cold War will go...