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Kathmandu, April 28: India’s ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, has assured of encouraging Indian companies to invest in Nepal. In his address to the opening session of the Third Nepal Investment Summit (NIC) today, the ambassador emphasized that promoting investment in Nepal from India would not only boost trade facilities but also create more trade opportunities. He highlighted the significance …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s three-day visit to China, during which he had extensive exchanges with Chinese officials, was deemed by Chinese experts as “generally positive and playing a role in stabilizing relations between China and the US,” but observers also believed such a visit by itself cannot fundamentally change the current trend of China-US ties. Experts have noted …

While the interaction between China and Europe is frequent and the atmosphere is warming, the complexity of the bilateral relationship is also becoming more apparent. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s recent visit to China demonstrated the essence of mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Germany as well as China and Europe, and China has held talks and political consultations these days …

The 26th World Energy Congress has been held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in recent days. As one of the most important conferences in the field of energy, the conference is themed “Redesigning Energy for People and Planet,” and attracted nearly 20,000 representatives from the global energy sector to discuss the energy transition, security, accessibility and sustainability in the current world. …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China from April 24 to 26. Before his departure, the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave a preview to the media with more than 3,000 words and introduced the relevant information of this visit. China has expressed “welcome” to Blinken’s visit, and this attitude …

The 19th biennial meeting of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) was being held in Qingdao, Shandong Province, from Sunday to Wednesday. More than 180 foreign delegates from 29 countries, including major naval (maritime) defense leaders from 20 countries, attended. US Pacific Fleet commander Stephen Koehler and Russian navy chief Alexander Moiseev led their respective delegations. This year marks the …

The “Balikatan” or “shoulder-to-shoulder” military drills between the Philippines and the US haven’t even started, but a clumsy political performance has taken the stage ahead of time. The Philippine military first publicly announced that in the “sinking exercise” segment, the retired Philippine Navy replenishment tanker “BRP Lake Caliraya” would be selected as the target. This ship was originally manufactured in …

On the evening of April 16, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun held a video call with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the request of the latter. This marks the first communication between the defense chiefs of China and the US since November 2022, and represents the latest development in implementing important consensus reached by the two countries’ leaders. The …

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing in the morning of April 16. The two sides not only had in-depth discussions on current China-Germany relations but also exchanged views on international and regional issues of mutual interest, reaching consensus on issues such as the Ukraine crisis and the Palestine-Israel conflict. …

US, Israel divergencies grow as Middle East conflicts drag on: experts The eyes of the world are fixed on Israel as it contemplates its response to Iran’s retaliatory attacks following Israel’s bombing of the Iranian embassy buildings. Chinese experts warn that Israel’s response could trigger a dangerous cycle of retaliatory strikes between the two countries, destabilizing the Gulf region and …