December 13, 2024 08:16 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
UP teenager kills mother, lives with body for 5 days | At least six people including a child killed in Tamil Nadu hospital fire | Amid Atul Subhash row, SC says mere harassment is not enough to prove abetment to suicide | India's D Gukesh becomes youngest ever world champion in chess | Devendra Fadnavis meets PM Modi amid suspense over Maharashtra portfolio allocation | Congress wants to deviate the issue of Sonia Gandhi-George Soros link: JP Nadda | Bengaluru techie suicide: Atul Subhash's family demanded Rs. 10 lakh as dowry leading to my father's death, claims estranged wife | Syria rebels torch tomb of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's father | Donald Trump vows to eliminate birthright citizenship after taking charge | No alliance with Congress in Delhi polls: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal

PM Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tashkent over NSG

| | Jun 23, 2016, at 10:44 pm
#Narendra Modi #Tashkent #Xi Jinping #NSG membership
Tashkent, June 23 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Uzbekistan capital Tashkent now to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Summit, on Thursday met on its sidelines Chinese President Xi Jinping to persuade him over India's bid for the membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

The meeting with Xi Jinping was held in the afternoon,  around the same time when the plenary of the NSG started discussion on the application of India’s entry into the group at Seoul, South Korea.
 
"First bilateral meeting of the day. PM @narendramodi holds talks with President Xi of China," tweeted Vikas Swarup, Official Spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs.

After meeting with  Xi, Modi  will call on Uzbek President Islam Karimov.

 The expert-level sessions in Seoul over the last two days have reportedly discussed the membership issue before the two-day plenary session beginning on Thursday.

In what transpired as a Chinese move to block India's NSG membership, the country has maintained that membership issue has not been on the agenda of the session. It has also argued that if India, being a non-NPT country is allowed to be an NSG member, then Pakistan should also be let in.

However, throwing its weight behind India, the US has called upon other NSG countries to support India's stake for membership. 

Emphasising that India’s entry into the four multilateral export control regimes, including NSG, will “bolster international efforts on combating proliferation”, the French foreign ministry on Wednesday called on the members to “take a positive decision”.
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
Russian Embassy in India confers Order of Friendship to Syrian Orthodox Church head
Russian Embassy in India confers Order of Friendship to Syrian Orthodox Church head Dec 12, 2024, at 06:31 pm
IN IMAGES: ISKCON members protest in Kolkata demanding release of arrested leader in Bangladesh
IN IMAGES: ISKCON members protest in Kolkata demanding release of arrested leader in Bangladesh Nov 30, 2024, at 12:21 am
IN IMAGES: Muslims led by West Bengal Jamiat-e-Ulama protest against Waqf Amendment Bill in Kolkata
IN IMAGES: Muslims led by West Bengal Jamiat-e-Ulama protest against Waqf Amendment Bill in Kolkata Nov 29, 2024, at 04:37 am