Early confidence building measures between India, China come at a time when Beijing faces the brunt of US’s trade war, and ties between India and Pakistan have been further impacted following Pahalgam terrorist attack.
In a press briefing Thursday, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirms Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is to resume this year. The notification for the same is expected ‘fairly soon’.
This is the 2nd meeting between the two foreign ministers in 4 months. They last met on margins of G20 leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro last November.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri was in China for a two-day visit starting 26 January till 27 January for the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister dialogue mechanism.
Fissures are visible in Nepal Communist Party and the government in Kathmandu. Sooner or later, parties supporting PM Oli will press their demand for a change in leadership.
Move comes day after Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali said he asked India to “refrain from carrying out any activity inside the territory of Nepal”.
India Friday had inaugurated a new link road to Lipulekh Pass, located on the India-China border, that cuts the travel time by three days for pilgrims headed to Kailash Mansarovar.
Hizbut Tahrir believes in a state where non-Muslims do not have voting rights but they can make “complaints in respect to unjust acts performed by the rulers or the misapplication of Islam upon them”.
Trump has expressed optimism about reaching a tariff agreement ‘pretty quickly’, while Xi said that tariff & trade wars undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries.
At some point, Pakistan’s calculation has been, Hindus will rise in reprisal against their own minorities. That’s a crisis ISI has been conjuring up in India. A nation at war with itself.
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