But China’s foreign ministry hit back on Saturday evening, saying the G7’s “approach has no international credibility whatsoever”. “The G7 insisted on manipulating China-related issues, smearing and attacking China,” a spokesman for the foreign ministry said in a statement. “China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition and has lodgedContinue Reading
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said international organisations need to change as the world has. “Any functioning international order must reflect the multipolar character of the world,” he said on Monday in Berlin. “The uni- or bipolar world of yesterday may have been easier to shape – at least forContinue Reading
TOKYO : Group of Seven leaders on Saturday (May 20) agreed to a new initiative to counter economic coercion, and pledged action to ensure that any actors attempting to weaponise economic dependence would fail and face consequences. The initiative, dubbed Coordination Platform on Economic Coercion, will use early warning andContinue Reading
It is Zelenskyy’s first post-war trip to the Asia-Pacific – and offers a chance to confer with allies, but also to woo key unaligned powers also joining the summit, including India and Brazil. “There is an opportunity for Zelenskyy to engage with these non-Western actors, to try to bolster support,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: The US and Taiwan reached agreement on the first part of their “21st Century” trade initiative covering customs and trade facilitation, regulatory practices, and small business, the USTrade Representative’s office said on Thursday (May 18). After the initial agreement of the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade is signed,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives committee could vote as soon as next week on whether to recommend a contempt of Congress charge against Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the release of a classified cable about the chaotic August 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Republican House Foreign AffairsContinue Reading
SEOUL: South Korea and Canada agreed to boost cooperation on crucial supply chains and work more closely to counter North Korea’s growing nuclear threats after their leaders met in Seoul on Wednesday (May 17). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – on his first official visit to South Korea, and the firstContinue Reading
THE HAGUE: Ukraine and Russia will face off before the United Nations’ top court on Jun 6, when judges will hear Ukraine’s claim that Moscow violated a UN treaty by supporting pro-Russian separatists who were identified by a Dutch court as being responsible for the 2014 downing of flight MH17.Continue Reading
TEGUCIGALPA: Honduras will soon begin talks toward a trade deal with China, the Central American country’s top diplomat said on Friday (May 12), marking the latest step toward stronger bilateral ties between the two nations after Honduras broke off relations with Taiwan. Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina told reportersContinue Reading
STOCKHOLM: European Union ministers on Friday (May 12) backed reducing the bloc’s economic dependence on China but will now have to figure out how to make that a reality, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Borrell said foreign ministers gave broad backing to a plan to adjust policy on ChinaContinue Reading