The SCO summit concluded with the adoption of the Qingdao declaration. The declaration calls for implementing the three-year plan to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism. It also calls for implementation of the treaty on long-term good neighbourliness, friendship and co-operation. SCO Member states also exchanged documents on major issue like economic cooperation, security, regional peace … Read more
The US President and his delegation has arrived in Singapore for the summit level meet with North Korean leader. The delegation includes Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Trump insisted last week that the summit would “not be just a photo op”, saying … Read more
The SCO summit concluded with the adoption of the Qingdao declaration. The declaration calls for implementing the three-year plan to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism. It also calls for implementation of the treaty on long-term good neighbourliness, friendship and co-operation. SCO Member states also exchanged documents on major issue like economic cooperation, security, regional peace … Read more
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the SCO summit at China’s Qingdao city for the first time after India became full member of the organisation. He highlighted India’s universal brotherhood, and neighborhood policy and called upon member states to cooperate in the fields of Agriculture, Water Resources and Pharma. He also said that … Read more
Air Force One touched down at a military air base, travelling from Canada, where Trump had attended a meeting of the Group of Seven Nations.Hours earlier, a jet carrying Kim landed, and after shaking hands with the Singapore foreign minister, Kim sped through the city’s streets in a massive limousine, two large North Korean flags … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed the leaders of the member nations at the annual summit. This is the first summit after India gained full membership of the SCO. At Qingdao, India is likely to pitch for concerted regional and global action against terror networks and favour effective connectivity links. Many other regional issues will be … Read more
The main issue for the June 12 summit in Singapore is the U.S. demand for North Korea to abandon a nuclear weapons program that now threatens the United States. North Korea has rejected giving up its arsenal unilaterally and defends its nuclear and missile programs as a deterrent against what it sees as U.S. aggression. … Read more
