Kanwal Sibal
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Former Indian Foreign Secretary. Indian Ambassador to Turkey, Egypt, France and Russia. Now Chancellor of JNU. Written over 700 op-eds.
New Delhi, India
Joined August 2020
Rutte is speaking out of turn. He is threatening India. We owe nothing to him or NATO. He spoke officially as NATO Secy Gen. He should be put in his place by us officially . If we don’t more such statements will come from him and US sources in the next 50 days to generate.
Good luck expecting an official response to this rant, ambassador. I'm sure private messages will be sent and they won't be very amicable, but I don't see South Block reacting publicly. Rutte seems to have evolved. He's calling Trump "daddy", trying to bully India. .
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RT @thekiranbedi: Reportedly Intel Report 🚨 Pakistani army has formed a special social media team comprising 300 experts in various Indian….
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NATO now threatens India. This Daddy’s son mentioned India even before China as countries that need to heed Trump’s threat of imposing secondary sanctions. This NATO Secretary General is out of his geopolitical depth when he warns India, China and Brazil. Are these three.
NATO chief warns of secondary sanctions on India, China, Brazil over Russia engagement. Says,'if you live in Beijing, Delhi, Or President of Brazil, might want to look into this' & 'might hit you very hard'.
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But did the syndrome of the Heavenly Empire and the Middle Kingdom disappear?.
@KanwalSibal Yes. And it died in 1912. What rose in 1949 was not an empire. It was the funeral of one.
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Good statement. Clear on terrorism.
Participated in the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting this evening in Tianjin. Highlighted that: . ➡️ We meet at a time of considerable disorder in the international system. In the last few years, we have seen more conflicts, competition and coercion. Economic
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Wasn’t China ruled by Emperors?.
Memory is dangerous to empires. That’s why they call it hate when we remember.
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What if China and India continue to buy Russian oil? 100% tariffs on China and India. Destroy the relationship with India for the sake of Ukraine?. Geopolitical madness.
Trump Just Gave Putin a 50-Day Ultimatum That Changes Everything. NATO's biggest weapons deal in history was announced today—and Europe is paying 100% of the bill. The room went silent. Then Trump said something about Putin that no president has ever admitted publicly. A Thread
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A bee in his bonnet!.
B repeatedly lying, Trump has ensured that a Modi-Trump meet which includes a follow-up presser is highly unlikely at any point. The prospect of an ambush puts an end to any speculation of a presidential visit to New Delhi or a prime ministerial visit to Washington.
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Deliberate leaks to put pressure on Russia. Why play with fire? The pyromaniacs get burnt too.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 "Donald Trump privately urged Ukraine to strike deep inside Russian territory—even asking Zelenskyy if Kiev could target Moscow and St. Petersburg if the U.S. provided long-range weapons.". This is reported by the Financial Times, noting that the July 4th call between Trump
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This comment is entirely superfluous from the point of view of diplomatic practice. This was a SCO Foreign Ministers meeting. Arranging a call by the Foreign Ministers on the Head of State of the host country is entirely normal diplomatically. It is also normal for the.
I guess the Chinese foreign minister will come and apprise Modi about recent developments in China-India ties. The EAM is now running a full blown circus aimed at destroying India’s foreign policy.
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Will get widely noted and will raise much diplomatic speculation.
Breaking: EAM Dr S Jaishankar meets Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of SCO FMs call on.
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RT @Vikram_Sood: @MayankNSingh As usual a very engaging and informative podcast with @KanwalSibal. Very topical. Is Trump driving India Ch….
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RT @TinyDhillon: @nxt888 @KanwalSibal Did you visit Kashmir in 2019 or just speaking on the false narrative of agenda paddlers?.
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Evocative. But when men, big or small, cast small shadows the sun is at its height!.
When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the sun is about to set. Lin Yutang.
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On Kashmir you rely on facts documented by UN. In August 2022 the report published in the wake of the visit by UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet in May, said that “allegations of patterns of torture, or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment.
@KanwalSibal Asking for consistency is fair. But so is asking for honesty. Kashmir’s 2019 lockdown was not speculation. It was policy. When India revoked Article 370, it deployed tens of thousands of troops, cut off the internet for over a year, detained thousands without charge, and.
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The Chinese read out is unusually prolix. Both sides have stated their oft repeated positions. No forward movement on the border issue indicated. The formulation used by Wang Yi -“address differences and disputes from a broader perspective” is opaque. Nevertheless it is good.
China Readout of Wang Yi-Jaishankar Talks. On July 14, 2025, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, held talks with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Beijing. Wang Yi stated that the current profound changes in.
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Your posts consistently expose the hypocrisy of the West. Your thoughts on how the West creates justificatory narratives in its own favour etc are often most perspicacious. But on some issues your reading of reality is as prejudiced as interpretations westerners make of.
You should ask why the loudest voices crying for "Muslim rights" in Xinjiang were the same governments that bombed Iraq, starved Yemen, and funded Israeli apartheid. If you're wondering whether Western media lied, the answer is yes. And not for the first time. The most extreme
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