India-Russia-China trilateral meet on Oct 27

October 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 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.

October 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said that issues of regional importance, mutual concern and mutual interest will be discussed during the forthcoming trilateral meet between India, Russia and China meeting in Bangalore. She added that the agenda of the trilateral meeting would include discussion of the regional situation and ways of strengthening the dialogue between the three countries, which are major powers in the region.

October 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With China expressing interest, there is a likelihood of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Bangkok this month, official sources said Friday. India and China are perceived to have had a strained few weeks, with the governments issuing statements and demarches to each other on points of contention, mainly on disputed territory.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 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.

September 29th, 2009 BEIJING - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit China Oct 12-14 to meet Chinese leaders and attend a Central Asian security summit, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday. Putin's visit was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, and with a council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu told reporters.

September 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is to host a trilateral meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the White House announced. The trilateral meeting will be preceded by bilateral meetings between Obama and the two leaders, White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said Saturday, to lay the groundwork for the relaunch of negotiations.

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - China is interested in the proposed IPI pipeline, Iranian ambassador Seyed Mehdi Nabizedeh told journalists in Delhi. However he remained reticent on whether talks with China on the pipeline are going on.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S. M.Krishna on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that China has proposed for the establishment of a hotline between the Chinese Premier and the Prime Minister of India to maintain regular contacts at the highest level.

June 16th, 2009 Hu: China to loan regional group $10 billionYEKATERINBURG, Russia — Chinese leader Hu Jintao says China will extend a $10 billion loan to a regional group that also includes Russia and four Central Asian states. The move adds muscle to China's role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which it dominates along with Russia.

June 16th, 2009 Russia may put some reserves in BRIC bondsYEKATERINBURG, Russia — The Kremlin's top economic adviser says Russia may put part of its currency reserves in bonds issued by Brazil, China and India. Arkady Dvorkovich says Russia could make the move if the other three nations reciprocate.

June 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will leave for Russia on a three-day visit on Monday during which he is scheduled to attend two multilateral summits.

June 12th, 2009 New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister and Pakistani President will be meeting next week on the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organistaion at the Russian Industrial city of Yeketenberg on June 16, disclosed Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. This will be the first high-level contact between the two countries after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, but the meeting is likely to be a symbolic handshake and not a resumption of dialogue.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There should be high level talks between Brazil, Russia, India and China on a global pact to combat climate change before the first BRIC summit in Russia next month, India's top climate negotiator Shyam Saran said here Thursday. The talks should be at the level of either politicians or senior officials, Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change Saran told delegates from all BRIC countries at a summit preparatory meeting organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).

February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has decided against sending a representative to a US-led trilateral conference to review its policy on the Afghanistan-Pakistan region that is expected to take place in Washington next week. The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan will lead their delegations at the conference with US special envoy Richard Holbrooke.

February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India should undertake a strategic and comprehensive review of its space programmes as quickly as possible given 'the military character and military functions' of China's space programme, a senior US expert in Asian military affairs said Saturday. Painting a 'horror picture' of China's rapidly expanding global military reach, Richard Fischer Jr., a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center in the US, said Indian private universities should begin satellite or space development programmes as has been done in the United States.