Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Tashkent on Thursday. China’s great wall appeared to be crumbling before Indian diplomacy on Thursday. Beijing was left isolated as every other government of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) spoke at the opening of the Seoul plenary in favour of accepting India into the elite international nuclear technology club. At the end of the first tense session of... 

China virtually ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of India’s accession to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at the meeting of the bloc in Seoul, reiterating that the inclusion of countries which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was not on the meeting agenda. Officials had said a day ago that there was “room for discussion” and the “door was still open” for talks on the inclusion of non-NPT countries, triggering... 

Pakistan has a strong case to gain NSG membership on merit, Sartaj Aziz said. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has “successfully” blocked India’s bid to gain membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, prime minister’s advisor on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz today told parliament. Pakistan has a strong case to gain NSG membership on merit and non-discriminatory basis, Mr Aziz said in a statement. “We have been making successful... 

The agony and ecstasy of being a member of the exclusive Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was brought home to India on Monday afternoon when China said that the question of India’s membership was not even on the agenda of the NSG meeting on Thursday and Friday in Seoul. The next 72 hours are crucial. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will extricate himself from the asanas performed with 32,000 others at the International Yoga Day in Chandigarh... 

NEW DELHI: China has said that India’s admission to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) is not on the agenda of the grouping as it meets this week in Seoul. China has been opposted to India’s membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The statement is being seen as a rebuff to India’s effort to join the NSG, especially a day after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said India’s entry is just a matter of procedure. China... 

Delhi: Chinese media said on Thursday that China could support India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) if it promises to comply with non-proliferation rules. An opinion piece in the nationalistic ‘Global Times’ said that the “reason why India has scored a big win in garnering support for its NSG membership from some countries is because Washington has started to treat New Delhi as part of the US alliance…... 

China’s official media, in first comments since Beijing’s objection to India joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Tuesday said New Delhi’s membership of the nuclear grouping will not only touch a “raw nerve” in Pakistan and increase a nuclear arms race but also “jeopardise” China’s  national interests. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping An op-ed commentary in state-run Global Times,... 

NEW DELHI: As the tempo builds up on the NSG question, Prime Minister Narendra Modi    reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Saturday. Russia has been supportive of India’s global ambitions from the UN Security Council to the nuclear deal, though Modi’s diplomatic focus has so far been on the US. Modi dials Putin as China According to a Kremlin statement, the phone call on Saturday was at Modi’s behest....