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The United States calls for dialogue as regional East Africa tension escalates.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi during a three-day visit to review the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, a day after meeting his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
As the international context becomes more challenging for the European Union, the bloc is looking to boost its ties with like-minded allies. Canada is part of that architecture that the EU says it wants to build. The big news of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech in September was that Canada could become an associate member – an arrangement that does not exist for the EU's partners at the moment.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday, urging dialogue under a peace deal agreed between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 2018.
European leaders on Friday rallied around Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky as Kyiv’s ties with US President Donald Trump have nosedived and worries grow that US leader is increasingly siding with Russia. Relations between Kyiv and Washington have soured since last week, when Trump eased sanctions on Russia in exchange for Moscow releasing large amounts of diesel onto global markets. Zelensky infuriated Trump further by ordering Ukraine’s forces to restart strikes on Russian oil refineries in...
The most consequential outcome of President Xi Jinping’s Washington visit might be his US counterpart Donald Trump’s unusually lavish welcome. It told Beijing, US allies and global markets that, however fierce the strategic rivalry, China’s importance makes sustained diplomatic engagement essential. The airport greeting, lavish banquet at the White House and flyover by military aircraft restored the appearance of a workable relationship between two powers. Even so, Beijing has learned not to...
China said on Thursday that the recent government approval allowing American bank card payment giant Visa to operate in the country was the “direct outcome” of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States last month. “The Visa card was granted permission to establish a banking card clearing institution,” said Qiu Wenxing, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese embassy in Washington. “It is a direct outcome of the presidential summit.” Visa received administrative approval...
President Keiko Fujimori says Peru and Venezuela are drafting protocols for expulsion flights of undocumented Venezuelans, after a call on 15 October. The post Peru and Venezuela Plan Expulsion Flights appeared first on The Rio Times.
Laurence Socha, the new US ambassador, met President Adama Barrow in Banjul as The Gambia heads to a 5 December vote with a third-term bid. The post Gambia Gets US Ambassador, 7 Weeks to Vote appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Opposition party’s dig at the government follows remarks by U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor during an interactive session at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum
South Korea will continue supporting Ukraine “as a responsible member of the international community” despite a diplomatic dispute over the disclosure of two North Korean prisoners of war being repatriated to the South, a foreign ministry official said on Thursday. The official said Seoul would treat its help to Ukraine separately from the dispute, while continuing bilateral consultations to resolve outstanding issues. The remarks came after South Korean Ambassador to Ukraine Park Ki-chang was...
Chile’s President José Antonio Kast will meet his Bolivian counterpart Rodrigo Paz in a rare state visit to La Paz on Friday, illustrating how South America’s new right-wing alignment is opening the way for a diplomatic thaw and economic integration between two historic foes.
Colombia opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, joining the United States in a city most countries avoid and dropping Gustavo Petro's Israel policy. The post Colombia Opens Embassy in Jerusalem appeared first on The Rio Times.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcomed President Zelensky to Downing Street on Wednesday, as Ukraine's leader looks to shore up his European allies five years into Russia's war on Ukraine.
Jorge Rodriguez has been removed from OFAC's sanctions list in latest US push for oil control and bilateral diplomacy.
Move by Colombia's new right-wing government marks a major shift after former President Petro severed ties with Israel.
Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline was struck by drones last month in an attack that originated in Iraq.
It comes ahead of a meeting between the prime minister and President Zelensky at Downing Street.
Senior American diplomats, administration officials and Indo-Pacific military commanders met in Tokyo earlier this month in what one source called an “unusual” gathering ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China in November. People familiar with the meeting said it represented an evolution of a long-standing practice in which US ambassadors stationed across Asia and the Pacific gathered to exchange intelligence, coordinate diplomatic reporting and align regional priorities. The...
Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan has asked the Russian government to provide prompt information about a Japanese reporter detained by authorities in Russia and ensure humane, fair and impartial treatment, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Wednesday. He made the remarks at a parliamentary committee meeting after Russia's Federal Security Service said Tuesday that a male reporter for ...
The envoy lauds the progress in diplomatic efforts despite the worsening security and humanitarian situation.
Guilfoyle the allegations of improper conduct are "false" and being ambassador was the "honour of a lifetime".
US President Donald Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports and allow fresh supplies to reach global markets could give India greater leverage in its own dispute with Washington over discounted crude purchases, analysts said. Beyond the energy dispute, they said the move could also open up diplomatic opportunities for New Delhi, from pressing for more consistent treatment by Washington to building on its efforts to help negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. Under the...
“China has never recognised the so-called ‘Union Territory of Ladakh’ unilaterally and illegally established by India,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing in Beijing
President Abelardo de la Espriella held a call with Marco Rubio on 12 October. Here is who spoke, what was said and why US security ties matter now. The post Colombia’s Security Call With Marco Rubio Explained appeared first on The Rio Times.
How Nicaragua deals with Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Colombia, which regional bodies it is quitting, and what it means for US readers. The post Nicaragua and Its Neighbours in Central America appeared first on The Rio Times.
China is likely to view the latest US dealings with Russia as “transactional”, according to observers, who said Beijing was likely to wait and see what the longer-term impact would be given the possibility that Donald Trump might abruptly change course again. The US president announced that under a deal with Vladimir Putin, Russia would “immediately” supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets. He wrote on social media that another 500,000 tonnes would follow in...
An Axios report is citing an unnamed US source who says that Donald Trump's surprise energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine only concerns oil refineries. Elitsa Gadeva explains what this would mean for both sides.
When Liverpool fans greeted Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday with jeers and banners demanding the Abu Dhabi-owned football club be relegated, they took aim at what critics have long dubbed “sportswashing” – the practice of using high-profile sports investments to launder a tarnished international reputation. Focusing solely on public relations, however, obscures a much deeper network of high-stakes diplomacy and geopolitical economics between London and Abu Dhabi. The reality behind the...
Beijing on Monday sanctioned Paraguayan and Belizean government ministers over the Taiwan issue, after the two nations sealed deals with Taipei in recent months. Gustavo Villate, Paraguay’s minister of information and communication technologies, and Francis Fonseca, Belize’s minister of foreign affairs, foreign trade, education, culture, science and technology were placed under sanctions from Monday, the foreign ministry said. The measures include freezing their assets within China, prohibiting...