India, France agree to strengthen cooperation on countering terrorism

October 4th, 2009 HAVANA - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Cuba would strengthen bilateral cooperation particularly in the field of trade and investment, WAM news agency reported Sunday. UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Ruiz here Saturday.

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Highlighting the strong and growing strategic partnership between India and the United States, President Barack Obama will welcome Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the White House Nov 24 for the first state visit of his presidency, it was announced here Friday. Obama and his wife Michelle will also host an official state dinner that same evening for Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement.

September 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said greater cooperation among South Asian nations would be helpful in countering terrorism in the region. Talking to Maldivian Home Minister Mohammad Shahab, Malik underlined the importance of greater and prompt intelligence sharing.

September 7th, 2009 DUSHANBE - Expressing her happiness over the regular meetings of the India-Tajikistan Joint Commission, visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday emphasised the need for both countries and the rest of the international community to make a concerted effort to cooperate and combat the menace of terrorism. During her talks with the Tajik leadership, President Patil mentioned the Mumbai attack and said that the menace of terrorism needed to be countered to ensure peace and prosperity in the region.

September 3rd, 2009 MOSCOW - Visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and her Russian counterpart Dmitry A. Medvedev met in the Green Reception Room of The Grand Kremlin Palace on Thursday.

July 14th, 2009 PARIS - India and France Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral ties as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Nicolas Sarkozy discussed an array of issues including the threat from international terrorism. At a working lunch in the French capital, the two leaders discussed the situation in the sub-continent and regional and global issues including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, the Middle East.

July 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - France has agreed to provide Pakistan Tiger combat helicopters and other sophisticated military equipments to strengthen its abilities in taking on the rampant Taliban. The Military Personal Staff Advisor to French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, Admiral Edouard Guillaud, who is heading a delegation here, said that the combat helicopters to be provided by France will be equipped with ground-to-ground missiles with semi-active laser seekers with a range of over eight kilometers.

June 27th, 2009 CORFU - NATO and Russia agreed to relaunch formal cooperation on security threats Saturday, following their first top-level talks since the Georgia war soured relations last year. Gathering on the Greek island of Corfu, foreign ministers from the 28 NATO states and Russia agreed to relaunch formal cooperation on security issues ranging from counter-terrorism to piracy.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - India and the US have called upon the world to join hands in combating terrorism in a long-term, sustained and comprehensive manner, saying there can be no justification for any act of terrorism. The call was made in a joint statement issued here Wednesday after a meeting of the US-India Counter-terrorism Joint Working Group to discuss efforts to coordinate global counterterrorism initiatives.

June 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has advocated the expansion of broader security relationship between India and the US with increased cooperation on counter-terrorism and intelligence sharing. The Nov 26 terrorist attacks on Mumbai came as a "reminder that terrorism represents a common threat to our nations and our people, and we must meet it with a common strategy," she said in a keynote address at the US-India Business Council's (USI BC) Synergies Summit here Wednesday.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi today said that the most sensible thing would be to resume dialogue with India as soon as possible. As the leaders of India and Pakistan met for the first time since the Mumbai terror attacks took place on November 26 last year, the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Asif Ali Zardari is seen as a start in allowing both countries to repair relations.

May 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congratulating India for the 'remarkable conduct' of the Indian general elections, France Sunday underlined its keen desire to intensify bilateral ties and reaffirmed support for a bigger role for India in global bodies. In a letter to his Indian counterpart Pratibha Patil, French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to 'the faithfulness of the largest democracy in the world to the values of liberty, people's sovereignty and respect of diversity in secularism.' Sarkozy also expressed his 'delight' at pursuing and intensifying the strategic partnership 'which links our two countries in the service of peace, sustainable development and the fight against global scourges such as international terrorism.' He reaffirmed France's support for rightful place for India in international multilateral institutions 'so as to build a controlled globalisation in the service of human development and peace'.

April 22nd, 2009 BEIJING - China and France have signed an agreement to extend their cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear power. The three-year agreement, which was signed Tuesday by the heads of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) and the French Atomic Energy Commission, is the 10th agreement of its kind between the two nations.

April 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Calling India an important partner in its diplomatic agenda, the US says its looks forward to much more 'fruitful days of cooperation' in facing terrorism and other challenges together. 'US-India - look, we have a very good, broad, substantive relationship with India on a wide range of fronts,' State Department spokesman Robert A.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reaffirming support for India in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sent Republic Day greetings to President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and expressed his desire to take bilateral ties to a new level. Sarkozy also invited Manmohan Singh, who is recovering from a heart bypass surgery, to visit Paris before the G20 summit in London so that the two countries can hone common approaches on issues like global financial crisis that will be at the heart of multilateral negotiations this year.