The announcement follows 10 hours of talks between diplomats in Moscow, sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Armenian and Azerbaijani officials said on Friday that they agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon on Saturday. The Hindu explains | What is behind the confrontations between Armenia and …
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Although Russia wants India and China to resolve the Ladakh military confrontation bilaterally, President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi maintain a close personal relationship that is the basis of the bilateral Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi called President Putin to wish him his …
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Angela Merkel said she had “good memories” of their meeting last year. New Delhi: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin were some of the prominent world leaders who wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 70th birthday today. Addressing Prime Minister Modi as “Narendra”, the German chancellor …
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Chancellor Angela Merkel is under pressure within her own party to drop support for a controversial gas pipeline with Russia after ties point to the Kremlin in poisoning Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Norbert Roettgen, head of the German parliament’s foreign affairs committee and a presidential candidate for Merkel’s Christian …
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