According to a Thailand official, Thailand expects the growth of India-Thailand bilateral trade to touch $10 billion by 2010.
 
"India has increasingly become an important economic partner for Thailand. Last year, the average value of our bilateral trade has been around $6 billion and ...

The crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, along with the deputy commander of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Armed Forces visited China on Sunday on a two-day itinerary to improve the relation between the two nations.
 
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, heading a ...

The commitment of Obama’s administration for renewing the engagement of US with UN has been welcomed by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon.
 
This was emphasized by the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, as a part of the major foreign policy speech of the Obama Administration made ...

A military and political delegation of US has reached Syria to hold talks on the situation in Iraq and security in the region. The visit of the delegation comes two weeks after US Middle East special envoy George Mitchell's last visit to Damascus.
 
The six-member delegation, which is headed ...

US President Barack Obama has asked the Myanmar's ruling stratocracy to immediately release human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi. She had received an additional 18 months of detainment on Tuesday as she had been accused of violating the terms of her house arrest.
 
Obama had issued a ...

Ecuador will now be the President of the Union of South American Nations. It succeeded Chile.
 
At a ceremony in San Agustin Convent in Quito to mark the occasion, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said UNASUR is "a political option”, which has numerous challenges such as creation ...

Fiji has withdrawn itself from the forthcoming regional trade talks. This decision was taken by Fiji as a disapproval of the decision taken by Pacific Island Forum for suspending Fiji from the body.
 
"We will pull out from the talks," Fijian Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe ...

India and South Korea have signed a pact, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, in Seoul for enhancing the bilateral trade. This deal will facilitate duty cuts on auto parts and electronic items.
 
This deal will help in will lowering the import tariffs on cars as well as other ...

A goods train link between Islamabad and Istanbul via Tehran will be launched on Aug 14, Pakistan's Independence Day.
 
The train is scheduled to run between Islamabad's Margala Station and Istanbul's Haydarpasa Station via Tehran Station.
 
The trans-shipment facilities will be ...

According to the US President, Barack Obama, the already "very strong" relations with Kuwait has to be strengthened. He said this during a meeting with the Gulf emirate's monarch.
 
Obama praised Kuwait for hosting US forces that were involved in operations in Iraq. He added that ...

Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State is scheduled to visit South Africa next week as part of her seven-nation tour of Africa.
 
Clinton’s tour is slated to start on Aug 5 when she arrives in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 8th US-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic ...

A $7.5 billion railway agreement has been signed between Venezuela and China on Thursday. This agreement includes the building of a 468-km railway in the Venezuela with Chinese support.
 
According to the Public Works Minister Diosdado Cabell, the railway will run from the town of Tinaco, in ...

Papua New Guinea, that is a sprawling Pacific Ocean nation, is inviting India for developing its hydrocarbon resources after the islands struck gas two years ago. It is also interested to build up ties with New Delhi after being with Beijing all these years.
 
The first ministerial visit ...

A memorandum on climate change and clean energy has been signed by US and China on Tuesday that sets out a path for improving cooperation between the world's two leading polluters.
 
But there were few details on what the "memorandum of understanding" entails. Government officials ...

India and Afghanistan have underlined terrorism as "the most important security threat facing the region" and have resolved to intensify cooperation in combating it. They will also set up a partnership council to enhance developmental ties.
 
The two countries issued a joint ...

US Special Middle East ambassador George Mitchell Monday called on Israel, the Palestinians and Arab states to take steps to promote a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, calling it one of President Barack Obama's "top priorities".
 
"We believe that a full, comprehensive ...

Top US and Chinese officials have launched a "Strategic and Economic Dialogue" on Monday for addressing the key issues ranging from their response to the global financial crisis, climate change and nuclear proliferation to threat from extremists.
 
President Barack Obama, Secretary ...

According to the US President, Barack Obama, the relations between the United States and China will be critical for the success of a whole host of global issues.
 
"The relationship between the United States and China will shape the 21st century," Obama said in Washington, urging ...

According to the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Iran will never be able to achieve its goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon. She said: "Your pursuit is futile."
 
"What we want to do is to send a message to whoever is making these decisions, that if you're pursuing ...

The UN and the African Union have named a Rwandan lieutenant-general to head the joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur in western Sudan, officials said on Friday.
 
Lt. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba, 42, will serve as the military head of the mission from Sep 1, UN officials said.
 
UN ...

The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, told that US has transferred 200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority to help it fill a serious budget shortfall.
 
The money is part of a $900-million aid pledge to the Palestinians made by Clinton at an Arab summit earlier this year. ...

Admiral Mullen, the top most US military official said that Pakistan's spy agency, ISI, has been "fomenting chaos" in Kashmir and advised Islamabad to restrain it.
 
"I believe that in the long run the ISI has to change its strategic thrust which has been to foment chaotic ...

According to US Vice President, Joe Biden, the US considers Georgia as a vital strategic partner and will continue to safeguard its security. He also added that the US will work for developing the Georgian economic and diplomatic reform.
 
He told that the US will be continuing to cooperate ...

Disapproving the US assessment about Islamabad's change in approach towards terrorism, India has requested Pakistan to "show the same force" in fighting anti-India terrorists like Lashkar-e-Taiba as it has done in combating the Taliban and other anti-West militants.
 
Dismissive of ...

Undisturbed by the G8 curb on the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology (ENR), the External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday told that India will proceed according to the clean waiver it has received from the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG). He added that India and the US are ...

Describing it as a "landmark event", the US has said the end-user monitoring (EUM) arrangement agreed during Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit has brought India into the nuclear non-proliferation mainstream.
 
"It's a very significant agreement," State Department ...

The US President, Barack Obama, has called for greater reconciliation between Iraq's ethnic groups during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, at the White House on Wednesday.
 
Coming to agreements on contentious issues is essential to a unified Iraq and its stability in ...

Delegates from the US and Russia have started a new round of talks on Wednesday for reviving START, the nuclear arms reduction treaty which will expire by 2009 end.Diplomats from both countries told DPA that the teams had begun their meetings at the Russian diplomatic mission in Geneva in the late ...

India has made a strong pitch for the pan-Asian response to global challenges like financial crises and terrorism as it is all set to sign a free trade area (FTA) agreement in goods during the next summit with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Thailand in October. ...

According to Australia's Immigration and Citizenship Minister, Chris Evans, the Australian government knows that India is really worried about the attacks on Indian students in Australia.
 
He told that the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has plans for visiting India by late 2009. ...