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India on Friday strongly rejected Islamabad's allegations regarding a collision between a Pakistani vessel and an Indian Navy warship in the Arabian Sea, asserting instead that "dangerous" manoeuvres by the ship from the neighbouring country caused the incident. The incident had happened on Tuesday night after the Pakistani vessel closed in on the frontline Indian Navy warship that was on a routine surveillance mission in the north Arabian Sea, according to the Indian side. India summoned Pakistani charge d'affaires Saad Warraich on Wednesday and lodged a diplomatic protest. The Pakistan foreign ministry subsequently summoned Indian charge d'affaires Satyanjal Pandey and alleged that "aggressive" manoeuvres by the Indian warship triggered the collision. At a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday that Pakistani vessel carried out a "dangerous" manoeuvre in violation of a 1991 agreement requiring naval ships to maintain a distance of th
India and New Zealand are working closely to complete their respective domestic processes to facilitate the early implementation of a trade agreement between the two countries, an official statement said on Thursday. The two countries signed a free trade agreement in April and it is expected to come into force in the third week of October. "India and New Zealand are working closely to complete their respective domestic processes and to facilitate the early entry into force of the Agreement," the commerce ministry said. It said that India has welcomed the passage of legislation by the Parliament of New Zealand on September 16 to give effect to the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The passage of the legislation marks an important step towards implementing the pact. The agreement provides duty-free access for 100 per cent of Indian exports to New Zealand from the date of entry into force. It would open new opportunities for Indian exports including textiles and apparel,
India and China have started discussions to address bilateral trade concerns, including structural trade imbalances and supply chain issues, with the two sides expected to hold more meetings to take the engagement forward, according to Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal. Agrawal said on Tuesday that the recent meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao was an initial discussion aimed at understanding each other's positions on various trade-related issues. "I think there will be meetings subsequently also to take these discussions forward. These discussions are happening after a long gap. So, slowly, each side will need to come up with their issues and also their position on issues of the other side, so that we can take this forward," the secretary told reporters here. He said that there have been improvements in the relations between the two countries over the last one year in terms of people-to-people movement, and direct ...
India and Vietnam agreed on Monday to boost their defence ties through joint production of military hardware and decided to expand bilateral trade by building stronger supply chains and widening market access. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Vietnamese counterpart Le Hoai Trung explored ways to further bolster the bilateral ties in a range of key areas during the 19th India-Vietnam Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation. The two sides have also decided to expand cooperation in areas of air connectivity, nuclear energy and space. "In a productive and outcome oriented discussion, the two ministers reviewed the full spectrum of bilateral relations under the India-Vietnam Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. It said the two ministers identified the "way forward" on deepening ongoing defence and security collaboration, including through co-production of Indian defen