At a session at a university, part of his South America trip, the LoP underscored need for India to focus on manufacturing, noting that China has used its strength to counter US tariffs.
US President Donald Trump had threatened South American country with sanctions and tariffs amid standoff over repatriation of Colombian nationals living illegally in US.
Petro took Bolivar’s name in a scathing response to Trump’s threat of tariffs & sanctions in case Colombia did not accept deportees. Columbia later agreed.
The announcement comes after Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro threatened higher tariffs after the latter blocked two US military planes carrying Colombian migrants.
UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador James Kariuki noted that the ELN and EMBF clash left over 80 dead, and displaced another 18,000 people.
The US-Colombia High-Level Strategic Dialogue, held at White House, helped advance shared bilateral goals ahead of the upcoming High-Level Dialogue in Bogota, scheduled for May.
In an era of polarised politics and fiscal inertia, the world’s most powerful democracies struggle to issue debt beyond 30-50 years. Yet a private entity has convinced the market of its viability through the year 2126.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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