Posts Tagged ‘Diplo’

Syria mourns “horrific massacre” in Homs

DAMASCUS: Syrian troops killed more than 230 people in shelling of the city of Homs in a “horrific massacre” on Saturday, activists said, as a UN draft resolution was to be put to a vote despite Russian opposition. While Western diplomats said the vote would go ahead, Russia announced that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would [...]

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Via DAWN.com

US military judge recommends court-martial for WikiLeaks’ source

WASHINGTON – A US military judge has recommended that Bradley Manning, a low-ranking intelligence analyst, face a general court-martial for allegedly disclosing hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic files and reports to WikiLeaks, the Army announced Friday.
Manning, 24, is charged with aiding the enemy, transmitting national defense information in violation of the Espionage …

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Sherry Rehman stresses need for transparent, predictable Pak-US ties

Commander of American Central Command, Gen. James Mattis called on Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman to discuss matters of mutual interest to both countries.The Pakistani diplomat stressed the need for both countries to work together to build a relationship that is equitable, transparent and predictable.According to the Pakistani embassy, Ambassador Rehman said that …

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WTO grants two-year trade waiver to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – A World Trade Organisation committee meeting on Wednesday approved a European Union waiver on duties for 75 products from Pakistan, a scheme intended to boost textile exports to help Pakistan recover from massive floods in 2010.“I’m very happy. It was a long drawn out exercise, and something of a success for diplomacy,” Pakistan’s Ambassador to the WTO Shahid …

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West ups pressure for UN action against Syria

DAMASCUS, Jan 30: Western governments prepared to send their top diplomats to lobby for a UN resolution condemning the Syrian government`s crackdown as Russia said on Monday that it opposes the proposed text

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Via DAWN.com

Hina to be taken on board in Kabul tomorrow

ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who is scheduled to visit Kabul on Wednesday (tomorrow), would be discussing Afghan government’s proposal for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s role in reconciliation process in Afghanistan, sources said on Monday.Well-placed diplomatic sources told TheNation that the foreign minister visiting Kabul on the invitation of Afghan govt would be …

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US to shift top Taliban from Gitmo to Qatar

ISLAMABAD – The United States is considering shifting five top Afghan Taliban leaders held at Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) to Qatar as part of confidence-building measures to secure peace in the insurgency ridden Afghanistan.
Well-placed diplomatic sources told The Nation on Monday that agreement to this effect was reached between the US and Afghanistan government in Kabul during the visit of US Special …

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New ambassador

AS she presented her credentials to President Barack Obama on Wednesday, the country’s new ambassador to the United States took on what is clearly the toughest job in Pakistani diplomacy today.

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Via DAWN.com

Time running out for Iran diplomacy, says Sarkozy

PARIS, Jan 20: French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that time was running out to avoid a military intervention in Iran and he appealed to China and Russia to support new sanctions to force Tehran to negotiate

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No ‘rail diplomacy’ with India

LAHORE – The Railways had recently invited an open tender to get 50 engines from any country, but there is no possibility of a deal with Rail India, sources said. They revealed that both Pakistan and Indian Railways did not want to enter a ‘risky adventure.’
Few months ago, the PPP government had proposed the leasing of Indian train engines in an attempt to establish …

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British diplomat, High Commissioner call on FM Khar

The British Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Mark Sedwill called on Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday and discussed bilateral ties.

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Via DAWN.com

China weighs ‘right side of history’ in Gulf

M K BHADRAKUMAR
Rebuff the United States’ entreaties regarding sanctions against Iran, then nonchalantly cross the Sunni-Shi’ite divide in the Persian Gulf while sidestepping the Arab Spring altogether and vaguely greeting Islamism, and all this as solo acts – Chinese diplomacy is on a roll in the Middle East.
Premier Wen Jiabao’s current six-day visit to Saudi Arabia, the …

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US makes new move to engage Taliban

WASHINGTON, Jan 15: The United States launches a new diplomatic offensive on Monday to consult its allies on its efforts to reengage the Taliban, but leaves Pakistan out of the loop.

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Via DAWN.com

Venezuelan consulate in Miami closed after diplomatic scandal

President Hugo Chavez has ordered the closure of Venezuelan consulate in Miami following a diplomatic scandal involving Venezuelan Consul General Livia Acosta Noguera.
Acosta was declared persona non grata by the US State Department last week. According to the Spanish-language TV station Univision, she was taped discussing an alleged Iranian plot to launch cyber-attacks on sensitive US national …

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US to send ambassador to Myanmar, upgrading ties

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday the United States will send an ambassador to Myanmar for the first time in two decades, restoring full diplomatic relations now that the long-isolated country has released hundreds of political prisoners and made other reforms.

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Via DAWN.com

PM Gilani called UK, fearing coup: official

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani telephoned the top British diplomat in the country this week expressing fears that the army might be about to stage a coup, a British official and an official in Islamabad said Friday. The call, which one official said was “panicky”, suggests there was – or perhaps still is – a genuine fear at the highest level of the Pakistani government …

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US out to secure ceasefire with Taliban

ISLAMABAD – The United States has geared up its efforts to engage Afghan Taliban, led by Mullah Omar, to secure a ceasefire with various resistance groups to bring the conflict to end, diplomatic sources told TheNation on Sunday.
The sources privy to these developments said that the Obama Administration was giving deep thoughts to proposals seeking pulling out troops ahead of 2014, the timeline …

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