NEW YORK: The meeting between Mohammad Javad Zarif and Walid al-Moallem took place on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The two foreign ministers also discussed regional issues with Zarif underling the need to find a political solution to the ...

ASTANA:The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey plan to meet next month to discuss the situation in Syria, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Tuesday. The sides have yet to fix the exact date and location, Abdrakhmanov told reporters, but one of the options is the Kazakh ...

United Nations special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura says he will take part in the latest round of Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana on Friday (December 22).Talking to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Mistura said he plans to ...

The seventh round of Syria peace talks begin at Astana, Kazakhstan on Monday.The two day talks will focus on strengthening the cease-fire brokered by Turkey, Russia and Iran.The meeting will also discuss the release of captives and hostages and humanitarian action on mines.  

ASTANA: President Mamnoon Hussain Saturday arrived here on a four-day official visit, mainly to attend the first summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on science and technology.On his arrival at Astana Nazarbayev International Airport, the president and First Lady Begum Mehmooda ...

ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN: Pakistan will be playing the role of mediator in the Qatar Saudi Arabia row and the Prime Minister of Pakistan is likely to fly to Qatar in this regard.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan will do all it can to amicably resolve the diplomatic crisis in the Arabian ...

ASTANA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Astana today ahead of the SCO summit.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a brief interaction with his India counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation ...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swatraj on Monday ruled out any meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharf at the up coming Astana conference in Kazakhstan.“No such meeting has been planned either from their side or from our side,” she ...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will proceed to a two-day visit to Kazakhstan to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization moot from Thursday.This was stated by Foreign Secretary Tahmina Janjua in an interview on Sunday night.She said the conference will be held in Astana during which Pakistan will be ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit Saturday said the dialogue between Pakistan and India was the only way to move forward for resolution of long-standing issues as there was always a room for diplomacy.In an interview with an Indian TV Channel WION (World is on news), ...