Tag: Talks

Japan’s prime minister heads to Russia for talks with Putin

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed to Russia on Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin in hopes of making progress on joint...

Govt jirga concerned after Karachi police register FIRs against PTM

--Govt-sponsored jirga confident of yielding 'positive outcome' in PTM talks --Jirga members in favour of allowing PTM to hold Karachi rally on March 13 PESHAWAR/KARACHI: The government-backed...

‘India loses space for talks due to narrow ideology’

Basit says Kashmir not a territorial dispute between Pakistan, India ISLAMABAD: India is losing space for negotiations due to the spread of a narrow ideology...

Govt-constituted jirga holds first round of talks with PTM

Manzoor Pashteen voices concerns over state’s high handedness, says it would affect outcomes of talks Dawar says they will not oppose punishment awarded...

PPP open for talks with other political leaders, including Nawaz: Shah

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Khursheed Shah on Tuesday said that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is open for talks with other political leaders including former prime minister Nawaz...

S Korea to send 7-member delegation for working-level talks with DPRK

SEOUL: South Korea will send a 7-member delegation to hold working-level talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to discuss security and protocol...

Two Koreas hold high-level talks ahead of summit

  Senior officials of the two Koreas met on Thursday to prepare for a rare inter-Korean summit, days after the nuclear-armed North’s leader Kim Jong...

Afghanistan open to discuss Pakistan’s concerns, says deputy FM

KABUL: Deputy Afghan Foreign Minister Hekmatyar Khalil Karzai has said Afghanistan is open to holding talks regarding the concerns of Pakistan, as efforts are underway...

India invites Pakistan for WTO talks in New Delhi

--Invitation to Pakistan comes in wake of back-channel negotiations between Ajit Doval and Nasser Janjua India has invited Pakistan's Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik to participate in...

MQM-P fails to resolve differences in fresh talks

KARACHI: The two factions of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) – PIB and Bahadurabad – on Saturday tried to work out the differences yet again...

Merkel’s conservatives and SPD open ‘grand coalition’ talks

Chancellor Angela Merkel called Friday for a quick end to the last stretch of tortuous negotiations to forge a government for Germany, in a...

United Nations hosts Syria peace talks in Vienna

VIENNA: The UN will make a fresh push from Thursday to jump-start Syrian peace talks, as violence continues to rage in a seven-year-old war...

Ukraine President Poroshenko, Volker hold talks on Ukraine conflict

KYIV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, in Kyiv to discuss the conflict...

German conservative urges SPD to end coalition talks

BERLIN: A leading member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives has urged Social Democrats (SPD) to finish coalition talks within two to three weeks, warning...

Mistura invites Syrian govt, opposition for Vienna talks next week

GENEVA: The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said on Wednesday he had invited the Syrian government and opposition to a special meeting to...

India to restart talks on missile sales deal with Israel

JERUSALEM: India is to restart talks with Israel over a cancelled deal to buy anti-tank missiles, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...

Russia seek direct talks between Kabul and Taliban movement

MOSCOW: The Russian side is ready to provide a platform for direct talks between Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia), the...