Anurag Srivastava takes charge as new spokesperson of MEA
Srivastava was hitherto India's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union.
Srivastava was hitherto India's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union.
Iran was the fourth nation to condemn the Delhi riots after Malaysia, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
Earlier, India had evacuated around 650 Indians from Wuhan in two Air India flights who were kept at the ITBP facility in Delhi.
Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after New Delhi abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories on August 5, 1919.
The assertion came as Donald Trump, at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, once again reiterated his offer to 'help' on the Kashmir issue, saying the US was 'watching and closely following' the developments in the Valley.
External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar clarified that no request has been made by PM Modi to the US President to mediate in the Kashmir issue.
Hafiz Saeed was arrested on Wednesday by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan’s Punjab Province and sent to judicial custody.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also condemned the hateful attack targeting the Turkish consulate employees and said, "Turkey was pressing Iraqi and local authorities for the assailants to be apprehended''.
The meeting comes as a follow-up to the meeting in Osaka, Japan, last month.
On Friday, PM Modi held multiple meetings with several world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping.
