Germany FM Baerbock to discuss India’s relations with China, Russia during New Delhi’s visit

Visiting Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will discuss India’s relations with China, which have been strained since the Galwan valley incident and the Russia-Ukraine war, amid the global consequences of the Moscow-Kyiv conflict. According to the press statement released by German Embassy to India, during the two-day visit, Baerbock will […]

China warns ‘risks to economic ties’ with Germany amid change in Berlin’s policy

Germany’s new China strategy has irritated Chinese leadership as Berlin has now been trying to diversify its economic relations away from China and towards ‘democracies and partners with shared values’, as the German Indo-Pacific guidelines indicate. While Germany has been looking for an alternate or another trade partner, China warned that if Germany politicises […]

Germany declares 2nd stage of gas emergency plan

Germany’s government on Thursday declared the second stage of the country’s national gas emergency plan, after Russian gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline were reduced to 40 percent of capacity. “The situation is serious,” said Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck, describing the cutback in […]

Russia’s Ambassador says Germany’s lethal weapons supplies to Ukraine unacceptable

Germany’s lethal weapons supplies to Kiev are unacceptable and would not contribute to the constructive development of bilateral relations between Russia and Germany, Russian Ambassador to Berlin Sergey Nechaev told Sputnik. “The country’s leading politicians, including Chancellor [Olaf Scholz] and German Foreign Minister [Annalena Baerbock], share the understanding that it is unacceptable to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine, given that […]

US, UK, Germany, France express solidarity with Lithuania amid Chinese coercion

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephonic conversation with his counterparts from France, Germany and the UK, during which they highlighted their solidarity with Lithuania in the face of escalating political pressure and economic coercion by China. In a statement, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said: “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves […]

Taliban delegation meets Pakistan, UK, Germany envoys in Doha

Taliban delegation met a number of ambassadors based in Doha, Qatar including Pakistan, UK and Germany envoys in the last couple of days. Taliban Political Office chief Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai meets envoys of Pakistan, UK, Canada, India and Germany and discussed matters related to the crisis in the war-torn country, Taliban Spokesman Suhail Shaheen said in a series of tweets Friday, reported Geo News. Shaheen shared […]