The extent to which President Macron used public relations to win the hearts of the people in Dhaka was quite surprising. His popularity at home has fallen to 31 percent due to his pension system reforms, where the retirement age has been raised, so perhaps such public relations might have served him better in Paris. […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is arriving in Bangladesh this afternoon, less than 24 hours from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. He will sit in a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at a hotel today, Thursday evening. Lavrov will also pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was to attend the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) ministerial meeting in Dhaka, but eventually did not attend. The IORA meeting was held in November 2022. At that time many people were curious about Sergei Lavrov’s visit because Lavrov is an important figure in Russia’s influential sphere. After Russia’s involvement […]
The coalition of countries opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – from NATO members to US allies such as Japan and Australia – has proved resilient, defying predictions that rising energy prices caused by the war could disintegrate the grouping. Huh. Like most senior Russian officials, Lavrov has taken an increasingly aggressive position over the past […]