Pak PM to use meeting with Manmohan in Egypt to strengthen bilateral ties

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.

August 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States and Pakistan have agreed to revive strategic dialogue between them to strengthen their bilateral ties. According to sources, the fourth round of Strategic Dialogue between both nations will be held in Islamabad during Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Pakistan in October.

August 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged the leaderships of both India and Pakistan to resume bilateral dialogue and enhance people to people contact to strengthen bilateral ties between both countries. During his meeting with Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal, Sharif said both countries should adopt a positive attitude towards each other instead of just leveling allegations.

July 16th, 2009 Sharm-el-SHEIKH - The much anticipated meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani began here Thursday amid expectations that the two sides will be issuing a joint statement. The two leaders are accompanied by their delegations, including the foreign secretaries of the two nations.

July 14th, 2009 PARIS - India and France on Tuesday reiterated their commitment to strengthen cooperation on countering the menace of terrorism. A statement released after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's working lunch with French President Nicholas Sarkozy said that there was a "strong convergence of interest on the threats posed by terrorism and measures to counter it." Both leaders also expressed their satisfaction over the implementation and cooperation between the two countries in the fields of civil nuclear energy,space and defence.

July 14th, 2009 Sharm el-SHEIKH - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his delegation arrived at this Egyptian town Thursday evening, just in time for Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to meet his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir. The Tuesday night meeting will be followed by talks between Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday 10.30 a.m.

July 10th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go to the US later this year while US President Barack Obama will visit India next year. The invitations were exchanged and accepted by the two leaders at a brief "pull-aside" meeting during the G8-G5 summit meeting in this quake-hit Italian town Thursday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Prime MInister Manmohan Singh briefly met with US President Barack Obama during the outreach meeting of G8 and G5 leaders at their summit here Thursday. Both leaders shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, Indian officials said here.

July 8th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Gordon Brown in this earthquake-hit Italian mountain town Wednesday afternoon on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit starting here. The two leaders are likely to discuss issues of mutual cooperation between both sides, including terrorism and the financial meltdown, officials said here.

July 8th, 2009 L'AQUILA - India and Britain Wednesday discussed restructuring of global financial institutions to make them more suited to present-day international needs even as both countries pledged to take bilateral trade to the 10-billion pound mark by 2010. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised the issue of restructuring of global financial institutions with his British counterpart Gordon Brown at their meeting on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit at Coppito complex of the Guardia da Finanza (Italian financial police) near this earthquake-hit town, about 100 km from Rome.

July 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would meet Dr. Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt on July 16, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's National Security Adviser James Jones will visit New Delhi as part of ongoing US "effort to further deepen and strengthen our key bilateral partnership with India." Jones will visit New Delhi at the invitation of his counterpart, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan, after visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan to monitor implementation of the new US war plan, National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer announced Monday.

June 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will not visit Egypt for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit next month, his spokesman said, meaning that a planned meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not take place. At the same time, the formulation is not correct to say that Zardari had cancelled the visit as he was avoiding Manmohan Singh in the wake of the Indian prime minister's blunt message during their meeting in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Tuesday, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar told the NDTV news channel.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Two back-to-back summits and four bilateral meetings in less than 24 hours could test the nerves of any world leader. But Manmohan Singh, the 76-year-old Indian prime minister, looked fresh and energetic at the end of a long working day.

June 16th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - India will give top priority to its relations with China and is committed to advancing bilateral cooperation in various fields on the basis of progress made in the past, said the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his Monday night meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao.