Tag: Summit

Buenos Aires: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on cooperation among G20 countries on issues related to global economy, trade tensions, crude oil prices and terrorism and fugitive economic offenders, India’s G20 sherpa has said. Addressing the media here, Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said the current challenges being faced by the global economy, especially emerging economy […]

Buenos Aires: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a “Yoga for Peace” event after his arrival here to participate in the G20 summit during which he will hold several bilateral meetings, said an official statement on Friday. In the event on Thursday night, Modi said that issues such as global economy, sustainable development, climate change and […]

New Delhi: Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and infrastructure projects, particularly in terms of connectivity, will be major areas of focus when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Japan on October 28-29 for the annual bilateral summit with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday. “It goes without saying that the […]

Copenhagen: Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen on Friday announced to host the C40 Mayors Summit in October 2019. Aiming to become world’s first carbon neutral city by 2025, Copenhagen has been selected as the host city for the landmark climate event by the 17 Mayors that make up the C40 Steering Committee. The C40 […]

Seoul: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a summit to discuss urgent issues, the media reported. Putin expressed his readiness to hold a summit with Kim at an “early date” in a message sent on the occasion of North Korea’s liberation, coinciding with the 73rd anniversary of Japan’s […]

Beijing: India on Sunday again said “no” to China’s Belt and Road project, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain merely shook hands on the final day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Qingdao city. India, which participated at the Chinese-led security bloc for the first time after being inducted […]

Seoul: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un expressed his “unshakable will” to meet with the US President during the surprise summit he held Saturday with the South Korean President, media reports said on Sunday. Kim conveyed this position to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, with whom he also agreed to hold another high-level inter-Korean meeting on […]

Buenos Aires: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that India will host the G-20 summit in 2022, the year the country would celebrate the 75th anniversary of its Independence. The G-20 is a grouping of the world’s 20 major economies. Modi made the announcement at the closing ceremony of the two-day summit held here […]

  Goyang (South Korea): The leaders of the two Koreas held a landmark summit today after a highly symbolic handshake over the Military Demarcation Line that divides their countries, with the North’s Kim Jong Un declaring they were at the “threshold of a new history”. Kim said he was “filled with emotion” after stepping over […]

Hanoi: US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had a dinner date in Hanoi on Wednesday, at the start of a two-day summit. The pair smiled and shook hands for the benefit of media before heading to talks and dinner at the five-star Metropole Hotel. They are expected to discuss a road […]

Beijing: The leaders of China, India and Russia will meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit later this week in Japan to discuss ways to counter US President Donald Trump’s “protectionist” trade policy and bullying practices. Ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Osaka to attend the summit on June 28-29, Chinese Assistant Foreign […]