MSMT was set up to report violations of UN sanctions on North Korea. In 2017, UNSC made it unlawful for UN member states to allow North Koreans to earn income in their jurisdictions.
A high-level political dialogue between Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, supported by the Indian government, followed by a joint mechanism for cooperation would be a useful first step.
Passage of Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 in House of Representatives gives Trump power to impose tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian oil.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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