India will not be intimidated by Kabul attack: TharoorOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will not be intimidated by the criminal killers who perpetrated the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul and will take all steps to protect Indians, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor affirmed Thursday. "India will not be intimidated by these criminal killers.
Tharoor in Dubai to promote ties with UAEOctober 6th, 2009 DUBAI - The Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, and the visiting Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor discussed bilateral ties between the UAE and India here Tuesday. Sheikh Hamdan expressed satisfaction over the economic relations between the two countries and said the two countries enjoy their historic and long-standing relations, WAM news agency reported.
India, Bahrain to back each other for UN seatOctober 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reciprocating Bahrain's support for its UN Security Council (UNSC) aspirations, India Tuesday said it will support the Gulf country's bid for a non-permanent seat in the UNSC in 2026-27. Bahrain reiterated its position that Indias permanent membership in the Security Council would be a stabilising influence in the whole region, the external affairs ministry said here Tuesday, a day after Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor held talks with leaders of the Gulf country.
Tharoor heads for Bahrain, UAEOctober 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Sunday goes to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on a five-day trip that is expected to reinvigorate India's economic and political ties with the energy-rich Gulf countries that are home to a large Indian diaspora. In Bahrain, he will hold talks with Foreign Minister Majid Bin Muhsin Al Alawi on a range of bilateral and regional issues.
Current crisis has shaken global economic order: TharoorSeptember 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The current financial crisis has shaken the global economic order, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said here Thursday. In a way, the current crisis has questioned the very assumptions underlying the global economic order as we have known it since the end of the Second World War, Tharoor said at an RIS-Japan Economic Foundation Symposium.
Tharoor meets Indian policewomen in LiberiaSeptember 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It was appropriate that when Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor visited Liberia, which elected Africa's first female president, one of the highlights of his trip would be a meeting with India's most famous contribution to the African state - 125 female personnel of India's Central Reserve Police Force that was in the West African nation as part of a UN mission. As the first Indian minister to visit in 38 years, Tharoor also went bearing a lot of gifts for Liberia, including lines of credit, a grant of $2 million and various training programmes.
India offers assistance, training to LiberiaSeptember 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, the first Indian minister to visit Liberia in 38 years, arrived in the west African state bearing gifts, including lines of credit, a grant of $2 million and various training programmes. Tharoor reached Liberia after a journey of nearly 24 hours via Brussels.
US taking Musharraf's expose on aid use against India seriouslySeptember 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has said that it is taking revelations by former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that aid provided by America for the war against terrorism was diverted during his tenure to strengthen defences against India seriously. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters here on Monday that Washington takes all such allegations seriously and there is a procedure to investigate any violation, diversion of its aid by any country.
A new era of India-Arab economic ties dawnsAugust 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the world fights an economic downturn, a new dimension is being added to trade and business relations between India and the Arab world, enhancing centuries-old ties between two sides of the Arabian Sea. Though Arab countries, particularly the Gulf nations, have traditionally been looked at as an important source of oil and gas for India, today it has changed into cooperation across multiple sectors marked by cross-investments from both sides.
Multi-faceted cooperation structure with Arab world soon: TharoorAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With ties with the Arab world being crucial not only for India's energy security but also for its food security, efforts are on to have in place a structure of multi-faceted cooperation between the two sides, the government said Monday. "India considers the Arab region very important in shaping our political, economic, trade, defence and security at both regional and global level," Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said while releasing a publication, "Arab World 2009 - Paradise Promised", here.
25,000 Indian, Pakistani companies engaged in mutual tradeAugust 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Notwithstanding the sour relationship between both countries, at least 25,000 companies of India and Pakistan are engaged in mutual trade. According to Pakistan's Trade Ministry, 2656 Indian companies traded with Pakistan amounting to deals worth 8.92 billion rupees.
Pakistani, Indian firms traded goods worth $900 mnAugust 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 25,000 Pakistani and Indian companies traded goods worth Rs.74.32 billion ($900 million) last year, the National Assembly, the lower house of Pakistan's parliament, was informed Thursday. According to figures furnished by the trade ministry, 2,656 Indian companies traded goods worth Rs.8.92 billion with Pakistani companies, while 22,943 Pakistani companies had Rs.65.32 billion of trade with India, Geo TV reported.
Heavy diplomatic volleying on between India, Pak over Baloch 'dossier'July 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - While India has vehemently denied receiving any dossier from Pakistan in Egypt during the Indo-Pak talks on the sidelines of the NAM summit, Pakistan has maintained that it certainly has handed over documents to New Delhi regarding its involvement in Baloch unrest which has the diplomacy of both countries volleying against each other. Pakistani diplomats have termed the documents as "a balanced statement addressing the real issues", while a top Indian diplomat allayed claims of receiving any such document saying no dossier was given by Pakistan on Balochistan.
Tharoor's statement inconsistent with diplomatic norms: PakistanJuly 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Friday taking serious notice of the remarks made Indian External Affairs Minister of State Shashi Tharoor regarding the joint statement issued following meeting between the prime ministers of two countries in Sharm El-Sheikh said, such statements are inconsistent with diplomatic norms. The Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit while commenting on Tharoor's remarks about Pakistan, as reported in Indian media said: "The insinuations made by Tharoor were unwarranted and inconsistent with diplomatic norms."
The spokesman added that both sides should refrain from remarks that detract from the progress made in Sharm-El-Sheikh.
Trade, travel across LoC not affected by India-Pakistan chillJanuary 22nd, 2009 JAMMU - The movement of goods and people across the Line of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir has not been affected by the chill in relations between two countries post the 26/11 Mumbai attack, officials say. The weekly crossing of people to and from Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch district of Jammu region is going on smoothly.
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