Tag: Foreign

  • Political parties from 10 countries visiting India on BJP’s invite to experience polls

    New Delhi: Representatives of 18 political parties from 10 countries will interact with a host of BJP leaders, including party president J P Nadda and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, during their visit to India on the ruling party’s invitation to get a first-hand experience of the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP said the foreign leaders will also be given insights into the party’s election campaign and will be briefed about its strategies and the overall electoral process. They will meet Nadda on Wednesday and also interact with Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Australia’s Liberal Party, Vietnam’s Communist Party of Vietnam, Bangladesh’s Awami League, Israel’s Likud Party, Uganda’s National Resistance Movement, Tanzania’s Chama Cha Mapinduzi, and Russia’s United Russia Party are among the political parties whose representatives are visiting India. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and United National Party from Sri Lanka, Militant Socialist Movement, Mauritius Labour Party, Mauritian Militant Movement and Parti Mauricien Social Democrate from Mauritius, and Nepali Congress, Janamat Party, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and Rashtriya Swatantra Party from Nepal are among other parties visiting on the BJP’s invitation. AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesBJP’s foreign affairs department in-charge Vijay Chauthaiwale said the visit is part of the party’s global outreach programme ‘Know BJP’, which was launched by Nadda on its 43rd foundation day last year.

  • Kim meets Chinese foreign minister, says he’s committed to denuclearisation

    North Korea showed on Thursday, May 3, that it is yet consistent with its stance on peace as its leader Kim Jong-un reiterated his commitment to denuclearisation while meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi who visited Pyongyang the week following the historic Korean Summit at Punmunjeom on April 27, Reuters reported China’s foreign ministry as saying.

    China’s foreign minister Wang Yi paid a visit to North Korea in the wake of the Kim’s summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Pyongyang’s invite, according to Beijing.

    During their meeting, Kim told Yi that the positive changes that took on the Korean Peninsula of late were in favour of a peaceful resolution, a statement issued by the Chinese foreign ministry said, according to Reuters. Yi reportedly praised Kim saying Pyongyang had seized the day and made a decisive decision and brought positive changes, Reuters added. Yi reached North Korea on Wednesday, May 2, and also met his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho.

    According to North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency, Yi and Ri had an “in-depth” discussion on the issues that pertain to developing “friendly and cooperative” relations between North Korea and China following a summit between Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping in late March, Yonhap reported. It was the two foreign minister’s second meeting inside a month after their April 8 talks in Beijing.

    Kim’s surprising visit to Beijing in an armoured train to meet Xi was one of the foremost moves in North Korea’s diplomatic quest of reaching out to the international community. Kim is now set to meet US President Donald Trump in a widely awaited event inside a month, culminating into a peaceful Korean Peninsula which the world has been eagerly seeking.

    China supported an end to the state of war on the peninsula, North Korea’s shift to economic development and the resolution of North Korea’s legitimate security concerns during the denuclearisation process, he said.