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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference after participating in G7 ministerial meetings in Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI/WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will hold talks with India this week that officials say will focus on security challenges in the Indo-Pacific and concerns over China, rather than the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. U.S. officials were moving swiftly to deepen ties with India while pledging support for an investigation into the June killing on Canadian soil, an American official aware of the Indo-Pacific policy said. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media. India's ties with the U.S. have grown steadily stronger on several fronts, and it has close strategic links with Israel.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Jonathan Ernst, Lloyd Austin, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Modi's, Joe Biden's, Xi Jinping, Rick Rossow, Rossow, Krishn Kaushik, David Brunnstrom, Trevor Hunnicutt, YP Rajesh, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Officials, Ottawa, Indian, Economic Cooperation, Asia Society, South, U.S, Washington’s Center, Strategic, International Studies, Biden, YP, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, DELHI, WASHINGTON, India, China, Gaza, Ukraine, New Delhi, Canada, Washington, Asia, San Francisco, South Asia, Israel, Delhi, Russia, Washington and New Delhi, Myanmar, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal

Ajay Bisaria, India's ambassador to Canada from 2020 to 2022, said the relationship is in a "de-escalation phase" following "quiet diplomacy". "This is not a thaw," an Indian foreign ministry official told Reuters. 'MODEST DE-ESCALATION'Officials in India and Canada spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak on the subject. The Indian foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment. Canada's foreign ministry pointed to comments made by Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie on Oct. 30.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Justin Trudeau, Evan Vucci, Michael Kugelman, Ajay Bisaria, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, India's, Ottawa’s, Melanie Jolie, Jolie, Modi, Kugelman, Michael Bociurkiw, Krishn Kaushik, Steve Scherer, YP Rajesh, William Mallard Organizations: Indian, Canada, Bharat, DELHI, Mutual, South Asia Institute, Wilson Center, Reuters, Canadian, Foreign, Atlantic Council, YP, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, Canada, OTTAWA, Punjab, Delhi, Ottawa, Washington, China, Vancouver, Hardeep, Vienna

NEW DELHI/DOHA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Eight Indian former naval officers who were handed the death penalty by a court in Qatar on Thursday were charged with spying for Israel, a source in India and another in Qatar said. Neither New Delhi nor Doha has officially stated the charges against the eight who were arrested in August 2022. In India, a government official aware of Doha's stance said the Qatar authorities had accused them of spying for Israel. The eight Indians will be able to appeal the death sentence, the source briefed on the case in Qatar told Reuters, as well as also saying they had been charged with spying for Israel. A spokesperson for India's foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment about the sources' comments.

Persons: Jairam Ramesh, Krishn Kaushik, Andrew Mills, Dan Williams, Alison Williams Organizations: NEW, Reuters, Palestinian, Hamas, Qatari, Thomson Locations: NEW DELHI, DOHA, Qatar, Israel, India, Delhi, Doha, Jerusalem, Gaza, New Delhi, Qatar's

☆ Qatar court hands down death penalty verdict for eight Indians - India govt
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW DELHI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A Qatar court has announced the death penalty for eight Indians arrested in the country last year, the Indian government said on Thursday, adding it was "deeply shocked" by the verdict. New Delhi said in a statement that it attaches "high importance to this case" and will "take up the verdict with Qatari authorities". Neither the Indian government nor the Qatari authorities have made the charges against the men, who are all former Indian navy officials, public. A spokesperson for India's foreign ministry did not respond to a request seeking comment. Indian foreign ministry officials, including Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, have earlier said that the exact nature of the charges against the eight Indian men is "not entirely clear".

Persons: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Krishn Kaushik, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Reuters, Qatari, Indian, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Qatar, New Delhi

SummaryCompanies China's Vivo faces growing trouble as executive arrestedIndian agency's court filing accuses company of visa violationsChinese nationals went to "sensitive" border areas, agency saysVivo, India's No. "Many employees of Vivo group companies worked in India without appropriate visas," the agency said in the filing. "They have concealed information regarding their employer in their visa applications and cheated the Indian embassy or missions in China." China's foreign ministry, which said this week it was closely following the case, did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. In their decades-old border dispute, both India and China claim large tracts of land controlled by the other in the western Himalayas.

Persons: Guangwen Kuang, Arpan Chaturvedi, Aditya Kalra, Brenda Goh, David Kirton, Krishn Kaushik, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Indian, Vivo, Krishn, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Jammu, Kashmir, Beijing, New Delhi, India, Ladakh, Vivo, China, Shanghai, Shenzhen

The fund is called Gulf Asia Trade & Investment, the sources said. The Adani Group did not comment on the SEBI probe and its possible ties with the fund when contacted by Reuters. EZY had been incorporated in the British territory in 2006, while Gulf Asia was incorporated there in May 2011. In April 2014, Gulf Asia held $51.4 million worth of shares in Adani Enterprises and Adani Power (ADAN.NS). In March 2017, that had increased to $202 million in four group companies - Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, Adani Transmission and Adani Ports (APSE.NS), according to the OCCRP data.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Nasser Ali Shaban, OCCRP, Hindenburg, Ahli, Gautam Adani, EZY, SEBI, Jayshree, Krishn Kaushik, Sumeet Chatterjee, Edwina Gibbs, Louise Heavens Organizations: Securities and Exchange Board of India, REUTERS, Adani, Gulf Asia Trade & Investment, Dubai, Reuters, Securities and Exchange, India's, Hindenburg, Adani Enterprises, Al, Trade, United Arab, British Virgin Islands, Gulf, EZY Global, EZY, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, British Virgin, Nasser Ali Shaban Ahli, Gulf, Gulf Asia, United Arab Emirates, British, Asia

A view of damaged vehicles after flash floods, caused by a lake burst in Singtam, Sikkim, India, October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas Acquire Licensing RightsRANGPO, India, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The death toll from flash floods unleashed by a glacial lake bursting its banks in India's Himalayas climbed to 74 on Monday with 101 people still missing days after the calamity struck, according to provincial officials. He said 101 people were still missing in the latest of a series of natural disasters caused by extreme weather events in the Himalayas. Fourteen army personnel were among the missing, a defence ministry statement said. Parveen Shama, the top district official of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, said 41 bodies were found in the district.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Vijay Bhushan Pathak, Parveen Shama, Mukesh Kumar, Kumar, Baiju Sharma, Sharma, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Mayank Bhardwaj, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Residents, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Singtam, Sikkim, India, Lohnak, Gangtok, Sikkim's, West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Rangpo, Kolkata

A man walks past a logo of Xiaomi, a Chinese manufacturer of consumer electronics, outside a shop in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2022. A Xiaomi India spokesperson strongly denied the accusation. A spokesperson from Vivo did not respond immediately to repeated requests for comment, nor did the NewsClick news portal, which has denied all wrongdoing in the past. “It is further learnt that big Chinese Telecom companies like Xiaomi, Vivo, etc. NewsClick said this week it does not publish any news or information at the behest of any Chinese entity or authority.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Prabir Purkayastha, NewsClick's Purkayastha, Xiaomi, NewsClick, Munsif, YP Rajesh, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Xiaomi, Vivo Mobile, Vivo, Media, Chinese Telecom, YP, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, DELHI, NewsClick, NewsClick's, Delhi, China, Court, New Delhi, Bengaluru

☆ Fourteen Dead, 102 Missing After Indian Glacial Lake Bursts Bank in Heavy Rain
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed and 102, including 22 army personnel, were missing in northeast India on Thursday after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst its banks, triggering flash floods down a mountain valley, officials said. A cloudburst dropped a huge amount of rain over a short period on the Lhonak glacial lake on Wednesday, triggered flash floods down the Teesta valley, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Gangtok, capital of Sikkim state, near the border with China. The state disaster management agency said 26 people were injured and 102 were missing, as of early Thursday. Eleven bridges were washed away. (Reporting by Tanvi Mehta and Krishn Kaushik in New Delhi, Jatindra Dash in Bhubaneswar; editing by Robert Birsel)

Persons: Pema Gyamtsho, Tanvi Mehta, Krishn Kaushik, Jatindra, Robert Birsel Organizations: Twitter, Integrated, Development Locations: DELHI, India, Asia's, Teesta, Gangtok, Sikkim, China, Pakistan, Nepal, New Delhi, Bhubaneswar

☆ India says Afghan embassy still open despite suspension
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

People are seen outside the Afghanistan embassy in New Delhi, India, September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's embassy in New Delhi continues to function, India's foreign ministry said on Thursday, days after the embassy announced that it was suspending operations. Rejecting the claims, Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "I don't think they are factually correct". “Our understanding is that the embassy in New Delhi is functioning," Bagchi told reporters. He added that the foreign ministry had been informed of the embassy's decision to halt operations and was in touch with Afghan diplomats at the embassy and consulates in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

Persons: Anushree, Ashraf Ghani, Arindam Bagchi, Bagchi, ” Bagchi, Krishn Kaushik, Blassy, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Afghanistan, New Delhi, India, DELHI, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, “

Lhonak Lake in Sikkim state overflowed on Wednesday, causing major flooding that authorities said had impacted the lives of 22,000 people. The latest flooding was exacerbated by water released from state-run NHPC's Teesta V dam, local officials said. As of Thursday evening, 98 people were missing, 17 of whom were army personnel, state chief secretary V.B. "Due to bad weather conditions we cannot have air service towards the northern part of the state," Rai told Reuters. [1/4]An area affected by the flood is seen in this undated handout image released on October 4, 2023, in Sikkim, India.

Persons: V.B, Pathak, Prabhakar Rai, Rai, G.T, Dhungel, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Jatindra, Tanvi Mehta, Krishn Kaushik, Sarita Chaganti Singh, Ruma Paul, Rajendra Jadhav, YP Rajesh, Robert Birsel, Michael Perry, Kim Coghill, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: NEW, Authorities, Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics, Disaster Management Authority, Reuters, India Army, REUTERS Acquire, Army, National Disaster Management Agency, Nature Communications, YP, Thomson Locations: NEW DELHI, KOLKATA, India, Sikkim, Asia's, Bangladesh, Chungthang, Mangan, Gangtok, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Siliguri, West Bengal, Pakistan, Peru, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, New Delhi

☆ Fourteen dead, 102 missing after Indian glacial lake bursts bank in heavy rain
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed and 102, including 22 army personnel, were missing in northeast India on Thursday after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst its banks, triggering flash floods down a mountain valley, officials said. A cloudburst dropped a huge amount of rain over a short period on the Lhonak glacial lake on Wednesday, triggered flash floods down the Teesta valley, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Gangtok, capital of Sikkim state, near the border with China. The state disaster management agency said 26 people were injured and 102 were missing, as of early Thursday. Eleven bridges were washed away. Reporting by Tanvi Mehta and Krishn Kaushik in New Delhi, Jatindra Dash in Bhubaneswar; editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pema Gyamtsho, Tanvi Mehta, Krishn Kaushik, Jatindra, Robert Birsel Organizations: Twitter, Integrated, Development, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, Asia's, Teesta, Gangtok, Sikkim, China, Pakistan, Nepal, New Delhi, Bhubaneswar

☆ Foreign troops must leave Maldives, president-elect Muizzu says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People's National Congress speaks with the media personnel during the second round of a presidential election in Male, Maldives September 30, 2023. REUTERS/Dhahau Naseem/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Foreign military forces cannot stay in the Maldives, president-elect Mohamed Muizzu told a rally celebrating his victory in closely watched weekend presidential elections that are expected to redraw ties with India and China. "All the countries which agree to our pro-Maldives policy will be our close friends and allies," Muizzu told supporters at Monday's event. India, with traditionally close ties to Male, denies that assertion, and is helping to build a naval harbour for Maldivian forces to be trained by its military. Solih, who championed an "India First" policy, continues in office until Muizzu is inaugurated on Nov. 17.

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Dhahau Naseem, Ibrahim Solih, Muizzu, Solih, Mohamed Junayd, Krishn Kaushik, Uditha, Blassy Boben, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: People's, REUTERS, Foreign, Indian, Thomson Locations: Maldives, Male, DELHI, India, China, New Delhi

☆ Nearly two dozen Indian troops missing after flash flood
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Twenty-three Indian troops were reported missing on Wednesday after a flash flood caused by a cloudburst in the northeastern state of Sikkim, a defence spokesperson said. The rain lashed a valley about 150 km (93 miles) north of Gangtok, the state capital, located along the border with China. Rising water submerged some vehicles following the release of water from a dam, the spokesperson added. Intermittent rain and thundershowers were hampering rescue operations in the area, an army official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Reporting by Tanvi Mehta and Krishn Kaushik, Zarir Hussain in Guwahati; Editing by Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Tanvi Mehta, Krishn Kaushik, Zarir Hussain, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: GUWAHATI, DELHI, Sikkim, Gangtok, China, Guwahati

RAW Chief Ravi Sinha, the only serving official publicly affiliated with the agency, did not return messages seeking comment. All six officials denied that RAW engages in targeted killings, noting that the agency has no mandate for such operations. Fallout from the Vancouver incident has also raised concerns that RAW will come under greater global monitoring, Indian intelligence officials and analysts said. "The current developments have undoubtedly increased global curiosity about RAW," said Dheeraj Paramesha Chaya, an expert on Indian intelligence at Britain's Hull University. "Our footprint is growing in parts of the world which were not important earlier," a recently retired senior RAW official said, without providing specifics.

Persons: Blair Gable, Justin Trudeau's, Hardeep Singh, RAW's, Narendra Modi, Ravi Sinha, Sinha, Ajit Doval, Paramesha, Trudeau, David Headley, Headley, Adrian Levy, Levy, Modi, Krishn Kaushik, Sanjeev Miglani, Katerina Ang Organizations: High Commission of, REUTERS, Canadian, Reuters, RAW, National, Britain's Hull University, Ottawa, Washington Post, MUMBAI RAW, Indian Foreign Ministry, Indian, Islamabad, American Embassy, Intelligence Bureau, Hull, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, India deniability, South, CIA, U.S . Council, Foreign Relations, PRS, Thomson Locations: High Commission of India, Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, DELHI, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vancouver, India, Ottawa, Mumbai, West, Delhi, China, Washington, U.S, MUMBAI, Islamabad, North America, Chicago, United States, London, Britain, Australia, South Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia, New Delhi

☆ India Stops New Visas for Canadians, Asks Ottawa to Downsize Missions as Spat Worsens
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

A blanket suspension of new visas by India for a Western country is unheard of and marks the lowest point of India-Canada relations. But Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Ottawa had been asked to reduce numbers at its diplomatic missions in India to bring parity between the missions of the two countries. Bagchi said India suspended issuing new visas to Canadian citizens due to "security threats" to its staff in its consulates in Canada. "You are aware of the security threats being faced by our high commission and consulates in Canada. Industry estimates show the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Canada and India could boost two-way trade by as much as $6.5 billion.

Persons: Krishn Kaushik, Rupam Jain, Rajesh NEW DELHI, Justin Trudeau's, Trudeau, Arindam Bagchi, Bagchi, Dominic LeBlanc, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Narendra Modi's, Sakshi Dayal, Shivam Patel, YP Rajesh, Alex Richardson Organizations: Rajesh NEW, Industry, YP Locations: India, Ottawa, New Delhi, Canada, Delhi, British Columbia, United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Washington, London, Canberra, Punjab

☆ India suspends visa services for Canadians as stand-off escalates
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A security personnel stands guard outside the Canadian High-Commision in New Delhi, India, September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - India on Thursday suspended visa services for Canadian citizens, a foreign ministry spokesperson said, citing security threats to its staff in its consulates in Canada. BLS International(BLSN.NS), an Indian company offering visa facilities, said the notice from the Indian mission in Canada cited "operational reasons" for suspension of visa services "till further notice". Canadian officials have so far declined to say why they believe India could be linked to Nijjar's murder. Industry estimates show the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Canada and India could boost two-way trade by as much as $6.5 billion.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Narendra Modi's, Justin Trudeau, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Dominic LeBlanc, Sakshi Dayal, Shivam Patel, Rupam Jain, Krishn Kaushik, Shri Navaratnam, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Canadian, REUTERS, BLS, Global Affairs Canada, Canadian Bureau of International Education, Industry, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Canada, Ottawa, British Columbia, Punjab

Although some analysts said the meeting showed few concrete results, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now cashing in on Modi's enhanced image ahead of a series of state elections and national elections due by May 2024. In the run-up to the summit, Modi's face was plastered on G20 hoardings across the country. The BJP plans to highlight the "success of the summit" during fortnight-long celebrations of Modi’s birthday starting on Sunday, a party official said. Modi's contribution to India's rising global stature will be a key theme of a special five-day parliament session beginning next week, the official said. NATIONAL PRIDE"It’s really a fact that India's image has transformed under Prime Minister Modi," BJP vice president Baijayant Jay Panda told Reuters.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Anushree, Modi, Joe Biden, India's, Sanjay Kumar, psephologist, Baijayant Jay Panda, Yashwant Deshmukh, Jairam Ramesh, Ramesh, Manmohan Singh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: International Media Centre, REUTERS, BJP, Bharatiya Janata Party, New Delhi's, NATIONAL, Reuters, India Today, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Manipur

U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the European Union Ursula von der Leyen attend the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023. The summit declaration avoided condemning Russia for the war in Ukraine but highlighted the human suffering the conflict had caused and called on all states not to use force to grab territory. A failure to agree on a summit declaration would have signalled that the G20 was split, perhaps irrevocably, between the West on one side and China and Russia on the other, analysts said. Diplomats have said negotiators from India, Indonesia, Brazil and South Africa drove the consensus in the summit document. Despite the lack of concrete progress, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India's chief G20 coordinator, said the meeting did take the group forward.

Persons: Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Ursula von der Leyen, Evelyn Hockstein, Michael Froman, Svetlana Lukash, Lukash, Patryk Kugiel, ” Kugiel, Sergei Lavrov, Vladimir Putin, India's, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Vardhan, ”, Michel Rose, Aftab Ahmed, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Indian, European, REUTERS, Diplomats, African Union, India, Foreign Relations, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Russian G20, Polish Institute of International Affairs, Xinhua, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Ukraine, Russia, York, U.S, China, Beijing, Russian, Warsaw, Delhi, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, Germany, Britain

☆ New Mideast corridor would include trains to India, Delhi says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inspects the honour guard during his ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace in New Delhi, India, September 11, 2023. Asked about the proposals, Ausaf Sayeed, a secretary in the Foreign Ministry, spelled out that the corridor would include trains to India and not just links by port. Saudi Arabia is among the top exporters of petroleum to India. Sayeed said that new corridor will include ports, railways, better roads and also power, gas grids and optical fiber network. During their talks earlier in the day the Indian leader and the Saudi crown prince also discussed cooperation in space, semiconductors and collaboration in defence manufacturing as well.

Persons: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Stringer, Ausaf, Khalid Al Falih, Prince Mohammed bin Salman's, Sayeed, Shivam Patel, Krishn Kaushik, Ed Osmond, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Saudi, Crown, REUTERS, Foreign Ministry, European Union, United Arab, Initiative, Saudi Investment, Gulf Cooperation Council, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, East, South Asia, Indian, Delhi, United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Saudi

☆ Sweden's NATO accession and Turkey's bid to buy F-16 jets should be kept separate -Erdogan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Biden made a connection between the supply of F-16s and Turkish action in ratifying Sweden's application to join NATO, Erdogan said. After months of objections, Erdogan agreed at a NATO summit in July to forward Sweden's NATO bid to the Turkish parliament for ratification. "It is not possible for me to say 'yes' (to Sweden's NATO membership bid) alone unless such a decision is approved by (our) parliament." Stockholm recently voiced hope that Turkish lawmakers would ratify its NATO bid when they reconvene in October, as agreed at the NATO summit in July. While Finnish membership was sealed in April, Sweden's bid remains held up by Turkey and Hungary.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Adnan Abidi, Joe Biden's, Erdogan, Biden, Lockheed Martin Corp's, Jake Sullivan, extraditing, Sweden's, Krishn Kaushik, Aftab Ahmed, Huseyin Hayatsever, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, NATO, Lockheed, U.S . National, Kurdistan Workers Party, European Union, Turkish, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, Rights ANKARA, Turkey, Ankara, U.S, Washington, Turkish, Sweden, United States, Stockholm, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Budapest

☆ Sweden's NATO Accession and Turkey's Bid to Buy F-16 Jets Should Be Kept Separate, Erdogan Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is linking F-16 fighter jet sales to Turkey with Turkish ratification of Sweden's NATO membership bid, and this "seriously upsets" Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Biden made a connection between the supply of F-16s and Turkish action in ratifying Sweden's application to join NATO, Erdogan said. After months of objections, Erdogan agreed at a NATO summit in July to forward Sweden's NATO bid to the Turkish parliament for ratification. "It is not possible for me to say 'yes' (to Sweden's NATO membership bid) alone unless such a decision is approved by (our) parliament." Stockholm recently voiced hope that Turkish lawmakers would ratify its NATO bid when they reconvene in October, as agreed at the NATO summit in July.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Biden, Lockheed Martin Corp's, Jake Sullivan, extraditing, Sweden's, Krishn Kaushik, Aftab Ahmed, Huseyin Hayatsever, Mark Heinrich Organizations: NATO, Lockheed, U.S . National, Kurdistan Workers Party, European Union, Turkish Locations: ANKARA, Turkey, Ankara, New Delhi, U.S, Washington, Turkish, Sweden, United States, Stockholm, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Budapest

NEW DELHI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Any initiative to revive the Black Sea grain deal that isolates Russia is not likely to be sustainable, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a press briefing after the conclusion of the G20 summit in New Delhi on Sunday. Russia, Ukraine and Turkey are going to continue to discuss the grain deal, Erdogan added. Russia is willing to send free grain to poorer countries, which Turkey favours, he told reporters, adding that Qatar had also agreedErdogan said he was not "hopeless" about reviving the grain deal. The Turkish president also held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the sidelines of the G20 summit regarding efforts to revive the deal, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, without giving further details. Reporting by Krishn Kaushik and Aftab Ahmed, Writing by Swati Bhat; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, Erdogan, Fumio Kishida, Krishn Kaushik, Aftab Ahmed, Swati Bhat, Kim Coghill Organizations: United, Japanese, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Russia, New Delhi, Sunday, United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine, Qatar, Turkish

[1/5] U.S. President Joe Biden visits the Raj Ghat memorial with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and other G20 leaders, Sept. 10, 2023, in New Delhi. "Everything was reflected in a balanced form," Svetlana Lukash, the Russian G20 sherpa, or government negotiator, was quoted as saying by Russian news agency Interfax. "All members of the G20 have agreed to act as one in the interests of peace, security and conflict resolution around the world." The summit also admitted the African Union which includes 55 member states, as a permanent member of the G20. Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands dead, displaced millions and sown economic turmoil across the world.

Persons: Joe Biden, India Narendra Modi, Kenny Holston, Jake Sullivan, White, Biden, Russia's Lavrov, Li, Svetlana Lukash, Olaf Scholz, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Fumio Kishida, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Sergei Lavrov, Li Qiang, Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Krishn Kaushik, Sanjeev Miglani, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, White, Russian G20, House, British, Russian, European Union, Thomson Locations: India, New Delhi, Vietnam, DELHI, Russia, U.S, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian, Germany, Britain, Brazil, South Africa

☆ US, India, Saudi, EU to unveil rail, ports deal on G20 sidelines -White House official
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Nandita Bose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden listens to the opening remarks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the first session of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A multinational rail and ports deal linking the Middle East and South Asia will be announced on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, a White House official said. A memorandum of understanding for the deal will be signed by the European Union, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and other G20 partners, Finer said. The move comes amid U.S. efforts for a broader diplomatic deal in the Middle East that would have Saudi Arabia recognise Israel. From the U.S. viewpoint, Finer added, the deal helps "turn the temperature down across the region" and "address a conflict where we see it".

Persons: Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Evan Vucci, Jon, Nandita Bose, Krishn Kaushik, Shivam Patel, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Indian, REUTERS Acquire, White, Washington, European Union, United Arab Emirates, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, East, South Asia, U.S, Gulf, Europe, Saudi Arabia, United States, Israel

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