In a bid to improve the joint military capability and undertake counter terrorism operations in a sub conventional scenario, the 8th edition of India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2024 started Monday, at Surya Foreign Training Node, Auli, Uttarakhand. An annual affair, the exercise will end on 13th October.
The meeting between the foreign ministers of India and China in Kazakhstan marks a significant yet cautious step forward in addressing the longstanding border issues that have plagued the two nations.
Iran's Acting President Mohammad Mokhber on Thursday urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states to use the country's southern ports in the North-South Corridor for faster and cheaper trade with the world.
Mr Modi said the digital era surely needs more trust and transparency.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called upon the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) countries to accord priority to combating terrorism, cautioning them if left unchecked, the menace can become a major threat to regional and global peace.
Perhaps uncertain of his prospects in challenging three decades of pelf and patronage, Tokayev appealed to Moscow for help, suggesting he couldn’t completely trust the Kazakh security forces. Vladimir Putin unhesitatingly stepped into the power play, dispatching 2,500 troops. That has unsettled the west, which is already embroiled in a tussle with the Russian president over Ukraine, with talks underway in Geneva.
"The discussion focused on the developments in Kazakhstan and joint actions under the CSTO mandate to combat international terrorism, restore order and protect the country's citizens,"
Suffice it to register that Russia has dispatched troops into Kazakhstan to suppress the countrywide uprising after deadly violence had escalated in the tightly-controlled former Soviet state. Dozens of rioters were killed in the main city of Almaty. Thirteen members of the security forces have died. Two were found decapitated.
Modi was talking to the foreign ministers of Central Asia nations--Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-- when they called on here.
There are reports that India has invited the leaders of the five Central Asian countries as chief guests for the Republic Day parade next year.
