COUNTRY REVIEWS

South Asia

Bangaldesh

(JULY 8-14)

• India delivers the last 88 of the 428 different types of buses procured for BRTC under India’s LoC; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Belarus; EU launches global agreement for Bangladesh to improve labour rights, working conditions and factory safety in the country’s readymade garment industry

(JULY 15-21)

• Home secretary level talks between India and Bangladesh; India pays compensation to the family of a Bangladeshi national killed by the BSF; War Crimes Verdict

Sri Lanka

(JULY 8-14)

• Indian National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon visits Sri Lanka; Annual JCET between the US Naval Special Warfare Community and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces commenced at Trincomalee; India offers eight scholarships for Sri Lankan Nationals in traditional medicine

(JULY 15-21)

• Supreme Court of India seeks response from the Centre on Katchatheeu; Britain issues 49 export licences for military and intelligence equipment to Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary visits Uganda

Maldives

(JULY 8-14)

• Minister of Defence Mohamed Nazim attends Maldives the second meeting of the national security advisor level Trilateral Cooperation on Maritime Security between Maldives, Sri Lanka and India; President Dr Mohamed Waheed has met with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud; Former President Mohamed Nasheed made a two-day visit to Malaysia

(JULY 15-21)

• INS Sukanya to monitor the Maldives EEZ

East Asia

Southeast Asia

(JULY 8-14)

• Vietnam’s foreign minister visits India; Rohingya leaders seek support from Indonesian militants; Bomb blast in Thailand wounded eight soldiers; Moro rebels sign wealth agreement with Philippine government; President Thein Sein visits UK, France

(JULY 15-21)

• 69,000 tons of illegal logs seized in Myanmar; Indonesia to work on Haze pact; Vietnam protest Chinese provocations; Security tightened in Malaysia as terrorists flee neighbouring Indonesia; Cambodian opposition leader denied candidature in elections

China

(JULY 8-14)

• Chinese patrol and search and rescue vessel Haixun 01 reached Jakarta; Chinese and Russian navies completed their largest exercise in the Sea of Japan; China and the United Sates expand their EcoPartnership programme; Chinese and Nigerian Presidents meet

(JULY 15-21)

• China hopes to maintain peace and stability in South China Sea; China is to forge ahead with plans to build an industrial zone in Belarus; China urges Japan to stop all provocative words and acts detrimental to China's sovereign rights; An explosive device set off at Beijing's international airport by Ji Zhongxing, a wheelchair-bound petitioner sparks public debate on social inequity

West Asia

Saudi Arabia

(JULY 15-21)

• 3500 imams dismissed since 2003 to curb extremism

Bahrain

(JULY 15-21)

• Several injured in clash between police and protesters; Bomb blast outside a mosque close to royal palaces

Yemen

(JULY 15-21)

• Southerners rally to reiterate their demand for secession

Iran

(JULY 8-14)

• British Foreign Secretary William Hague: Britain willing to improve its relations with Iran on a step-by-step basis; Indian Ambassador to Iran: India continues to trade with Iran despite the economic sanctions

(JULY 15-21)

• Iran agreed to receive oil payments in Indian rupees; Rafsanjani advised Rohani to take measures to resolve Iran’s problems

Iraq

(JULY 8-14)

• Attacks kill at least 16 people in Iraq

(JULY 15-21)

• Iran’s outgoing President Ahmadinejad made a final official visit to Iraq

Russia

(JULY 8-14)

• Bolivia to buy Russian helicopters; EU challenges Russian recycling fee on foreign cars at WTO; Russia to restructure its loan to Cyprus; Russia seeks to build stronger military-technical cooperation with Malaysia; Russia and China complete a joint naval exercise; Foreign Minister Lavrov: Moldova should remain a sovereign state; Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to jointly develop a new rocket; Russia’s oil and gas output in 2013 to remain steady at 2012 levels; Russia sends aid to Palestinian refugees in Syria

(JULY 15-21)

• Russia sees no alternative to political settlement of Iranian nuclear problem; Russia and Ukraine agreed to jointly produce world’s largest aircraft; European Union will not impose sanctions on Russia on the mater related to Navalny case; Russia and South Korea discuss the prospects of resumption of six party talks; Russia to pay Soviet era debt due to the Czech Republic; Russia to raise oil export duties; CSTO countries develop a mechanism of ‘joint response to emergencies’; Russia’s economic growth indicators for January-June released; Snowden applies for temporary asylum in Russia; President Putin has called for developing Sakhalin a global energy center; US to join EU in the WTO case against Russia’s imposition of auto recycling fee; US state department offers grants to improve Russia-US ties

United States of America (USA)

(JULY 8-14)

• Reports: President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan; India has expressed willingness to launch negotiations with the U.S. on a bilateral investment treaty; India’s Finance Minister Chidambaram visits United States.

(JULY 15-21)

• US Vice President Joe Biden deliver speech on US Asia-Pacific policy; calls US-China relations is a healthy mix of competition and cooperation; Biden: Asia-Pacific rebalancing policy of the United States was prompted both by economic and security considerations

DEFENCE REVIEW

National

(JULY 15-21)

• DRDO to conduct Anti Tank Guided Missile Nag’s trials soon

International

(JULY 15-21)

• Israel deploys Iron Dome missile defense system in Eilat; Japan’s defense industry is beginning to make its presence felt in the global market

INTERNAL SECURITY REVIEW

Jammu & Kashmir

(JULY 15-21)

• Chief of Army reviews security situation in J&K; Ladakh inches closer to Union Territory status; Clashes reported in Ganderbal; BSF firing in Gool, Ramban district of Jammu leaves civilians dead; Union Home Minister orders probe into the BSF firing; Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended in wake of prevailing suspended; Former militant of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) killed

North East India

(JULY 15-21)

• Modalities expected to be worked out for Anup Chetia extradition; National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) ultras open fire on Bhutan Army; United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) cadres surrender

Ministry of Home Affairs News

(JULY 15-21)

• Meeting of Home Secretaries of India and Bangladesh held

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