Moscow, Dec 17 (RIA Novosti) The US has slowed down talks on a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russia in the last few days, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.
Asked to comment on media reports that a new landmark pact to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expired Dec 5, is unlikely to [...]
Moscow, Dec 16 (RIA Novosti) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday the Western military bloc is seeking greater Russian assistance for international operations in Afghanistan.
Speaking to reporters after talks with President Dmitry Medvedev, Rasmussen said he was inviting Russia to step up its assistance in Afghanistan, including by supplying helicopters, spare parts and [...]
Athens, Dec 1 (DPA) Foreign ministers at Europe’s main security organisation, the OSCE, gave a lukewarm response to a new Russian-drafted Euro-Atlantic security pact Tuesday, calling instead for existing organisations to be improved.
Foreign ministers from 46 of the 56-nation Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes the US and Russia, gathered in Athens [...]
Bangalore, Oct 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday termed the accusation by Pakistan that India was funding Taliban as the most ridiculous statement he had ever heard.
‘It is the most ridiculous statement I have ever heard. We condemn Taliban as the most dreaded element. We told Pakistan to ban Taliban, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jammat-ud-Dawa [...]
Bangalore, Oct 27 (IANS) Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Tuesday hosted dinner for the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) and their accompanying delegates at Raj Bhavan in the heart of the city.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi were also treated to a fusion [...]
Bangalore, Oct 27 (IANS) Before the trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers began here Tuesday, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna welcomed his counterparts Sergei Lavrov of Russia and China’s Yang Jiechi with giant garlands of fragrant jasmine and marigold.
After warm handshakes, Krishna ‘crowned’ Lavrov and Yang by placing the famous Mysore peta (headgear) on them [...]
Bangalore, Oct 27 (IANS) Foreign ministers of China and Russia got a royal welcome in India’s IT city.
Minutes before the two-hour long trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers began here Tuesday morning, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna received his counterparts Sergei Lavrov of Russia and China’s Yang Jiechi, by welcoming them with huge garlands of [...]
Bangalore, Oct 27 (IANS) Pushing for a multi-polar world order, India, China and Russia Tuesday decided to expand their cooperation on global issues ranging from combating international terrorism and restoring stability in the volatile AfPak region to climate change and reform of international bodies.
Buoyed by the performance of the economies of the three countries that [...]
Banglaore, Oct 27 (IANS) India, China and Russia Tuesday agreed to jointly expand their trilateral cooperation in combating international terrorism and called for greater democratisation of international bodies.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna held talks with his counterparts, Yang Jiechi of China and Sergei Lavrov of Russia, on a wide range of regional and [...]
Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) India’s IT hub of Bangalore is hosting a major international meet – the trilateral meeting between Russia, India and China (RIC) on Tuesday – after 23 years.
During their last meeting, at Yekaterinburg in Russia, RIC foreign ministers had decided to hold their next round of discussions outside the national capital, a [...]
Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) The ninth trilateral meeting between Russia, India and China (RIC) being held here Tuesday will explore business opportunities in key sectors, including infrastructure and energy, that will be mutually beneficially to the three countries in the region, a senior official said Monday.
‘The foreign ministers of RIC countries will discuss trade and [...]
Bangalore, Oct. 23 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will arrive here to participate in the Ninth Trilateral Meeting of foreign ministers of India-Russia-China to be held on October 29, 2009.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will be hosting the fifth standalone meeting of Foreign Ministers of India-Russia-China.
The last [...]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) India, Russia and China will hold their ninth trilateral meeting in Bangalore Oct 27 to discuss ways to expand cooperation in regional and international issues like the global financial crisis, terrorism and UN reforms.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will meet his counterparts, Sergei Lavrov of Russia and Yang Jiechi of [...]
New Delhi, Oct.20 (ANI): As Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna heads to Russia on his maiden visit from today, Moscow is making an all out effort to rejuvenate its relationship with its all weather friend.
Krishna will visit Moscow and Uzbek capital Tashkent between October 21 and 26 and return Bangalore to attend the [...]
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) With their bilateral ties under stress, the foreign ministers of India and China will meet in Bangalore next week to try and put their relations back on track on issues like Arunachal Pradesh that has sparked heated rhetoric recently.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will meet his counterparts, Sergei Lavrov of [...]
Moscow, Oct 13 (RIA Novosti) Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after talks with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday that neither country is seeking to impose sanctions against Iran under the present circumstances.
Clinton said sanctions over Iran’s controversial uranium enrichment programme would be premature, and that Russia was being ‘extremely cooperative in [...]
Zurich, Oct 11 (DPA) Turkey and Armenia Saturday signed two protocols that will pave the way for a new era of diplomatic relations, bilateral ties and the opening of their common border after years of hostility.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandian signed the documents and exchanged firm handshakes to applause.
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New Delhi, Sept 30 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will visit India next month to attend the trilateral Russia-India-China (RIC) meeting in Bangalore.
Jiechi will be joined by his Indian and Russian counterparts S M Krishna and Sergei Lavrov.
Jeichi is visiting India at a time when the media is widely speculating about brewing tensions [...]
