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SCO calls for multipolar world order as Iran joins grouping

Hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif and other leaders of the SCO nations at a virtual summit of the bloc on July 4 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the food, fuel, fertiliser crisis is a big challenge for all countries in the world…

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Putin set to address first global summit since Wagner mutiny

President Vladimir Putin will participate this week in his first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia

The Independent UK

PM to host Xi, Putin, Sharif virtually as India chairs SCO summit for the first time

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host leaders of the SCO nations at a virtual summit of the bloc on July 4.

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Putin to meet Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi in first virtual summit since Wagner mutiny

President Vladimir Putin will participate this week in his first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia

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Putin will speak with leaders of China and India in his first summit since the Wagner insurrection

President Vladimir Putin will participate this week in his first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia

The Independent UK

Days after mutiny, Russian Security Council Secretary calls National Security Adviser Ajit Doval

In the first such New Delhi-Moscow contact since the failed mutiny in Russia, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval spoke to his counterpart Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, on June 29. They discussed the developments as well as bilateral and multilateral ties.

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India inaugurates New Delhi Hall at SCO Secretariat in Beijing; EAM Jaishankar says it depicts ‘mini-India’

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated an exquisitely designed ‘New Delhi Hall’ at the SCO Secretariat in Beijing, which he said depicts a “mini-India” and will foster a better understanding of the country’s culture.

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India and China expel each other’s journalists as rivalry escalates

India and China have effectively booted out each other’s journalists amid reports of the cancellation of a regular summit that would have brought China’s president to Delhi for face-to-face talks.

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Government drops plans to host SCO summit in Delhi, will now be in virtual format

The government’s decision to hold the summit via videoconferencing was only intimated to them just before the MEA announcement.

The Hindu

A long-drawn test for India’s diplomatic skills

The next 100 days will decide whether India can retain its reputation in forging a fair balance between its conflicting interests across the global divide

The Hindu

Crude Oil- Back in the U.S. Administration’s Buying Zone

In October 2022, the Biden administration told the crude oil market that the target range for replacing barrels sold from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was $67 to $72 per barrel. The price is back at its buying level, and time will tell if the administration pulls the trigger to…

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SCO FMs' meet a success, security cooperation top priority: Secretary General Zhang Ming

The recent SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Goa was a success and will lay a new mark on the growth of the eight-member bloc, its Secretary General Zhang Ming has said, asserting that security cooperation remains the top priority of the grouping.

The Hindu

At SCO summit, India, Pakistan squabble over Kashmir, ‘terrorism’

Analysts say leaders from South Asian rival countries were ‘more worried about internal politics than foreign policy’.

Al Jazeera

Russia, India strengthen military ties but Ukraine war brings disruption

Russia and India have pledged to boost defence ties despite concerns that the war in Ukraine could block deliveries from Moscow and that US sanctions might get in the way of future weapons contracts.

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The horizon for India beyond the G-20, SCO summits

There are signs that point to further deterioration in the geo-political climate, and to a distinct possibility of impending conflict, which India must note

Al Jazeera

Don’t use terrorism as diplomatic tool: Pakistan FM in India

Bhutto Zardari is on a two-day visit to India for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting.

Reuters

India, Russia, Pakistan urge Taliban to respect rights of all Afghans

The foreign ministers of India, Russia and Pakistan on Friday called for a representative government in Afghanistan and the protection of women's rights, almost two years after the Islamist Taliban swept to power in Kabul.

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India FM: Global institutions suffer from 'trust deficit'

India’s foreign minister has criticized global institutions’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ability to resolve geopolitical upheaval, saying alternative forums have an opportunity to tackle such challenges

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China assures Russia, India of deepening 'cooperation'

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang assured his Russian and Indian counterparts of deepening bilateral ties, promising that "coordination and cooperation" will only grow stronger, in a show of solidarity with two of China's biggest neighbours.

The Guardian - UK

Pakistani minister flies to India for first visit by a senior official in 12 years

Foreign minister plays down any prospect of reconciliation effort as he stresses trip to Goa is purely for regional summit

Al Jazeera

Will Pakistan foreign minister’s rare India visit ease tensions?

The South Asian rivals have always had a difficult relationship, but it is now at rock bottom.

Reuters

Eurasian foreign ministers gather in India on regional security

Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation gathered in India on Thursday to discuss regional security matters, including adding Iran and Belarus to a union of nations seen as a counterweight to Western influence in Eurasia.

The Independent UK

India to talk with China, Russia before Central Asia meeting

India’s foreign minister is expected to hold bilateral talks with counterparts from China and Russia ahead of a Central Asian security forum meeting

The Independent UK

Russia unlikely to face criticism at Central Asian meeting

Russia is unlikely to face backlash over its war in Ukraine from Central Asian foreign ministers and instead could flex its influence at their regional meeting Friday

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