North Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan said that the abrupt announcement of the cancellation of the meeting is unexpected and North Korea finds it extremely regrettable. He said, North Korea is willing to sit face-to-face any time in any form to resolve the problem. On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump had called … Read more
But the real pinnacle, says the 24-year-old, would be when he achieves the “grand slam” of mountaineering — scaling all 14 mountains over 8,000 metres across the world. On May 20, the Noida-based mountaineer scaled the 8,586-metre Kangchenjunga at 8:05 am IST, but could not come down from the Advanced Base Camp till Thursday morning … Read more
In a letter addressed to Kim Jong Un and shared on Twitter by the White House, Trump cited recently hostilities from North Korea in his decision to cancel the meeting. “Based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this … Read more
The North’s central news agency released a statement citing vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui, as saying North Korea will neither beg the U.S. for dialogue nor take the trouble to persuade them if they do not want to sit together with the North. Choe said she could suggest to leader Kim Jong Un that … Read more
He said the North must meet conditions for the summit to go ahead though if it did not, it might happen “later”. Trump raised doubts about the Singapore summit in talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who came to Washington to urge Trump not to let a rare opportunity with reclusive North Korea slip … Read more
The two leaders discussed further strengthening the Privileged Strategic Partnership between the two countries and exchanged views on regional and international developments. Both leaders also discussed their respective national developmental priorities and bilateral matters. In his opening remarks, Prime Minister Modi said India and Russia have been friends for a long time and thanked President … Read more
Russia’s summer beach resort city Sochi is all set to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. After becoming Russia’s president for the 4th time, Vladimir Putin himself invited Prime Minister Modi to visit Russia where both the leaders will hold informal talks. The two leaders will review the entire gamut of bilateral relations. Since … Read more
