Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarnais an Indian author-columnist, diplomat, and former Indian Ambassador to Israel. He is currently the Indian High Commissioner to the UK...
assessment chemicals government imposed indian relate sanctions transfer violation
The sanctions imposed by the US government on the two Indian firms relate to transfer of some chemicals to Iran. Our preliminary assessment is that the transfer of such chemicals is not in violation of our regulations or our international obligations.
continued embark government peace people stability wishes
India, as always, wishes the people and the Bhutan government continued peace and stability and fulfillment of their aspirations as they embark on a new constitutional system.
government imposition issue maintained review sanctions september since urged withdraw
Since the imposition of sanctions in September 2004, the government maintained that this had no justification. Accordingly, we had urged the U.S. government to review the issue and withdraw the sanctions.
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India welcomes his intention to transfer all executive power of the state to a government constituted by the alliance of the seven political parties, which has been in the forefront of the movement by the people of Nepal for the restoration of multi-party democracy and their democratic freedoms.
achieve actions concern forces government grave matter nepal peace stability together wish
These actions of His Majesty's Government of Nepal are regrettable and a matter of grave concern to all those who wish to see the constitutional forces in Nepal working together to achieve peace and stability in the country.
actions government nepal
These actions by the government in Nepal are counter-productive.
along boat bring coast crew demanded fishermen fishing government guard immediate indian release rescue ship
An Indian Coast Guard ship was able to rescue one other Indian fishing boat along with its crew and bring back another boat which had been set on fire. The government has demanded the immediate release of the fishermen and their boats.
credible deterrent further minimum requires self term
Credible minimum deterrent is a self-explanatory term that requires no further elucidation.
leave moment wait
All I can say at the moment is that he has proceeded on leave and we will wait for the investigations to take their course.
counter point
A counter reaction? No. I think I made the point that I had to.
finishing
They should be finishing soon. They started at 12:00.
consists plastic relief tons
This consists of 68 tons of relief materials, which is made up of 5,000 blankets, 320 tents and 4.5 tons of plastic sheets.
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The Indian side sees the visit as the culmination of that process. From now on, we want to make sure there is sustained and continuous engagement with Bangladesh.
appears ourselves pakistan proposals reconciled
It appears to us that the proposals made by Pakistan can be reconciled with those that we ourselves had already made.