Dismissing Financial Times report of progress in peace talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian negotiators were ready to work around the clock and blamed Ukraine for delay.
Ambassador Fan Xianrong had reportedly told Lviv Governor Maksym Kozytskyi during a meeting Monday that China was 'friendly country for Ukrainian people' & would 'never attack Ukraine'.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to provide details beyond confirming that the idea of Swedish or Austrian-style neutrality is under discussion in peace talks with Ukraine.
Wang Yi, who is also one of the State Council leaders of the CCP, is planning a week-long visit to South Asia and so could drop in for a day. But talks at a ‘premature’ stage.
The developments are unlikely to nudge the MPC to raise interest rates yet, but could force it to spell out its priorities given concerns over the war have overtaken pandemic’s impact.
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict shows how the legacy of Kautilyan statecraft in global public perception has shifted away from Machiavellianism to the ‘use of diplomacy’.
The real danger is not just discrimination, but that it hides behind a facade of objectivity. A recruiter can shrug: the system rejected the candidate.
FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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