Over the next 2 days, NATO states will discuss various key issues, from regional defence deals and Sweden’s membership to strategising for the next phase of the Russia-Ukraine war.
According to preliminary information, Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down all the Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia launched before they reached their targets.
Ambassador Diana Mickevičienė talks about ‘Chinese economic coercion’, Lithuania's Indo-Pacific strategy & its keenness to develop 'high-tech partnership' with 'like-minded' India.
The US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a separate statement that the two diplomats discussed also 'progress in Ukraine's counteroffensive'.
Report by Ministry of National Defence cited use of US reconnaissance planes and drones and said Washington was escalating tensions by sending a nuclear submarine near peninsula.
If faced with air & missile threats in wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ESSI member states aim to leverage the already existing NATO cooperation framework and defend themselves.
NATO leaders will meet in Vilnius on July 11-12 to tackle wide range of topics, from divisions over Ukraine's membership bid and Sweden's accession to boosting ammunitions stockpiles.
Alexei Polishchuk, in an interview, said the weapons could be removed from Belarus if the US & NATO 'refrained from undermining the security and sovereignty of Russia and Belarus'.
The Ukraine war highlighted Europe’s vulnerabilities in three critical dependencies on Russia, China, and NATO. Berlin's increased defence spending shows its awakening.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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