A senior Ukrainian official said on Friday that talks would begin in a week on expanding a UN-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blocked by Russia. Last July the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, allowed grain exports from three Ukrainian ports. The agreement was…
India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd is in talks with at least four countries to sell its light combat aircraft, although it faces an uphill battle to win contracts in Malaysia, a top company executive said on Tuesday. Is falling Malaysia has shortlisted Tejas light fighter jets for an order of about 16 aircraft and Argentina,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Turkey and France on Sunday, an escalation of diplomatic activity around the Russia-initiated war that is dragging into a 10th month. “We continue to work with partners,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address. While Zelensky has held several talks…
President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible solution to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden suggested he was ready to talk to the Russian leader. Biden, speaking next to French President Emmanuel Macron, said the only way to end the…