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Ready to help on Kashmir issue if India, Pak request: UNGA president-elect

UN General Assembly president-elect Volkan Bozkir on Monday said that he is ready to help Pakistan and India within his mandate to resolve their differences on Kashmir issue if requested by both the parties. Addressing a news conference along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Bozkir said that the resolution of the Kashmir issue was vital for sustainable peace in South Asia, and offered that he can help as per his mandate. "If my assistance is requested by the parties, I will be ready to provide contributions within my mandate, he said. New Delhi's long-held position has been that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and there is no question of any mediation or intervention by any third party. After India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5 last year and announced the bifurcation of the State into two Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, Pakistan tried to internationalise the issue. India has firmly told Pakistan that the ...

Turkey's Volkan Bozkir elected president of 75th UN General Assembly

Bozkir is currently serving as a Justice and Development (AK) Party lawmaker from Istanbul and head of the Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee

UNGA adopts resolution calling for global solidarity to fight COVID-19

The UN Security Council is yet to discuss the coronavirus outbreak, even as the total number of coronavirus cases across the world crossed one million.

Coronavirus politics at UN as Russia resolution calls for ending trade war

One resolution, which has more than 135 co-sponsors, calls for intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and defeat the pandemic

India's welfare schemes give world a 'new hope', says PM Modi at UNGA

Modi delivered his second address to the General Debate at the UN, five years after his maiden speech as Indian Prime Minister in 2014

Market force: How India is using its economic clout in the diplomatic arena

For India, this changing diplomatic style comes with its own set of risks. If not handled well, New Delhi's credibility as a serious global player might be on the line

India slams Pakistan at UNGA for 'malicious propaganda' on Ayodhya verdict

India asked the country to rather work constructively and positively for education and upliftment of its own minorities instead of spewing lies for a self serving malicious propaganda

UNGA votes 187-3 to condemn United States' continued embargo against Cuba

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the Trump administration has "aggressively intensified" implementation of the embargo against other countries

India objects to China's reference to J&K and Ladakh at UNGA

Raising the Kashmir issue at the UN, China has told the General Assembly that the 'dispute' should be peacefully and properly addressed in accordance with the UN Charter

We wanted world to see RSS and India as one, Imran did it: Sangh

Senior Rashtriya Swayam Sewak functionary Krishna Gopal also added wryly that Khan has ended up spreading the RSS' name and prayed that the Pakistan prime minister does not stop now

India hits out at Imran Khan, says threat of nuclear war 'brinkmanship'

India exercised its right of reply to the statement made by Khan later on Friday and fielded its newest diplomat at its mission at the UN to fend off the allegations made by Pakistan Prime Minister

At UNGA, PM Modi asks world community to stand united against terrorism

"The lack of unanimity amongst us on the issue of terrorism, dents those very principles, that are the basis for the creation of the UN," Prime Minister Modi rued

Fragmented world is in interest of none: PM backs multilateralism at UNGA

This year, his visit and address to world leaders is the first after winning a second term as Prime Minister in a resounding electoral victory in May

PM Modi speaks about 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' in UNGA speech

Modi outlines India's views about the world and calls for a collective fight against terrorism.

Modi stresses on Gandhi's vision and relevance in contemporary world at UN

Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said Modi also requested the UN to issue a commemorative stamp on the occasion of Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary

PM Modi again invites US Prez Donald Trump to visit India with family

Modi on Tuesday again reminded President Trump of the invitation and left it to him to decide the time for the visit

Trump at UNGA denounces Iran's 'blood lust', sends stern message to China

He urged Gulf allies to normalize relations with Israel to provide a regional counterweight to Iran

Rising power: Why India has faced muted criticism over its Kashmir policy

India's economic heft and its standing as a potential counter to China may be behind the absence of strong reactions

Malala Yousafzai urges UN to help Kashmiri children go back to school

Normal life has remained affected in Kashmir since August 5 when India

Need international collaboration to combat terrorism: India at UNGA

India also called for reform of the Security Council so that the global governance structures reflect contemporary realities