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Chinese, Indian presidents emphasize needs to advance relations
Chinese and Indian presidents Thursday agreed that the two Asian countries should further develop partnership and cooperation for mutual benefits as well as regional and global peace and development. Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Indian counterpart Pratibha Devisingh Patil held talks in Beijing Thursday afternoon.
China vows to lift Sino-Irish ties to new high
China is ready to work with Ireland to expand exchanges and cooperation, so to lift the relationship to a new high...Vice Premier Li Keqiang made the remarks here on Wednesday when meeting with visiting Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin... Li said Sino-Irish ties were developing steadily, as the two countries had witnessed close high-level contacts, and sound coordination on critical international and regional issues.
Romania - Minister of Foreign affairs Teodor Baconschi meets with Argentine counterpart Jorge Taiana
On May 26th, 2010, Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi had talks with his counterpart in the Republic of Argentina, Jorge Taiana, as part of the official visit to that country...During the official talks the head of Romanian diplomacy urged the Argentine side to regard Romania as a privileged partner in Central and Eastern Europe, based on cultural affinity but also on economic synergies that can develop.
Number of Finnish embassies and missions abroad to be reduced worldwide
Over the next five years, Finland’s embassy network is to be scaled back. This autumn, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will publish a list of diplomatic missions that are to be closed down. On the other hand, even some new embassies and consulates will be opened.
Hariri chairs Security Council intercultural dialogue session
Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, chaired on Wednesday, the Security Council debate on "Intercultural dialogue for peace and security" at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, in the presence of the UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon, the accompanying delegation, Lebanon's permanent representative to the UN Nawaf Salam, and the British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Alistair Burt.
Romantic Bollywood songs diplomacy to woo Indians by Chinese
China tried to woo India by playing old Bollywood songs and serving vegetarian food for President Pratibha Devisingh Patil during the state banquet hosted in her honour by her Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao here on Thursday.
Brazil gains high importance in geo-politics
One of the great qualifications for a regional power in ascendance to a great power is to mediate into a dispute beyond its sphere of influence from the time that particular nation is born and made independent in contemporary times...However the last week has made the clock to turn back when the Brazil diplomacy under their President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva decided to mediate in a dispute far away from the region of South America.
China’s Confucius Institutes
Since 2004, Confucius Institutes have spread around the world, with almost 300 now existing in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, in addition to an online and a radio-based Confucius Institute. Confucius Institutes are a core component of China's soft power strategy, or campaign to increase its influence and accomplish its goals through the appeal of its language and culture.
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