Tag: External Affairs Ministry

“PM Modi hai toh mumkin hai…”: Evacuees after reaching Delhi from crisis-hit Sudan

Under 'Operation Kaveri', 328 more Indians landed at the New Delhi International Airport from strife-torn Sudan on Tuesday night. Nearly 3,000 stranded Indians have reached India till now.

May 3, 2023

India slams Pakistan for promoting terrorism

Terrorism and transnational crime remain one of the foremost challenges to regional peace and prosperity: Sanjay Verma, Secretary, West, in the Ministry of External Affairs.

January 12, 2023

India’s objective is to hold G20 meetings in “physical format”: MEA

Arindam Bagchi further said that an announcement will be made if there is a change in the plan regarding scheduled G20 meetings. Notably, India assumed the G20 presidency on December

December 22, 2022

First Quad Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief meeting held in Delhi

On September 23, the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States held a meeting in New York.

December 14, 2022

MHA to prioritize visa process for Afghan Hindus and Sikhs

"The government's priority is to safely evacuate the remaining Indians left there and to also ensure the security of Hindus and Sikhs there as well," the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) reiterated on Tuesday.

August 18, 2021

J&K Lt Guv assures safe return of 2 Kashmiri professors stranded in Kabul

Reports said the airstrip at Kabul airport is, however, controlled by the US forces who are supervising the evacuation of the diplomatic staff of some countries.

August 17, 2021

Allowed to fester

The decision by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to skip a meeting of global foreign ministers called by his Canadian counterpart to craft a unified response to the coronavirus epidemic a month after he had seemed to heartily welcome the initiative, was clearly provoked by remarks of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India deems ill-informed and unwarranted.

December 8, 2020

MEA lauds HP’s role in ‘Vande Bharat Mission’

Jai Ram Thakur urges people and netizens to be part of 'mask up campaign'’

October 12, 2020

We expect China to ensure expeditious restoration of peace in border areas: MEA

Srivastava said the senior military commanders, at their meeting on 30 June, discussed issues related to disengagement at the face-off sites along the LAC and de-escalation from the border areas.

July 2, 2020

India, China agree to expeditiously implement 6 June understanding on disengagement, de-escalation

They recalled the conversation last week between External Affairs Minister and Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and agreed to maintain communication both at diplomatic and military level, including under the framework of WMCC, to resolve the existing situation peacefully.

June 24, 2020

UN report proves Pakistan is hub of global terrorism, says India’s foreign ministry

The 25th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al Qaeda and associated individuals and entities, was submitted to the UN Security Council.

June 3, 2020

Govt to launch phase II of ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ to evacuate stranded Indians on 16 May

During the week-long exercise, 149 flights, including feeder flights, would be deployed to bring back Indians from 31 countries.

May 14, 2020

Anurag Srivastava takes charge as new spokesperson of MEA

Srivastava was hitherto India's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union.

April 6, 2020

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar meets German counterpart Heiko Maas to discuss counter-terrorism

Most of their discussions focused on bilateral and global issues, some of them included multilateralism, connectivity, climate change, technology issues, counter-terrorism issues.

February 20, 2020

Iran Foreign Minister meets S Jaishankar, amid rising tensions in gulf

India has been maintaining that it would like the situation to de-escalate as soon as possible and the country has been in touch with key players in Middle East.

January 16, 2020

India can play a role in de-escalating tensions in Gulf: Iran’s foreign minister

Addressing the gathering at the Raisina Dialogue, he said 430 Indian cities saw protests against Soleimani’s killing.

January 15, 2020

S Jaishankar meets Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, discuss bilateral issues

Gunawardena who is on a three-day visit, arrived in Delhi last night.

January 9, 2020