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US special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun was in Seoul last week to discuss the resumption of nuclear talks with North Korea.

India’s ambassador to the US Harsh Shringla said last week that all imports of Iranian crude oil to India have now been stopped.

Any turmoil in the Persian Gulf will adversely affect the oil prices and would have major negative consequences for India’s fragile economy.

President Trump continues to assess Chairman Kim as a constructive interlocutor and is ready to give him the benefit of the doubt.

The roadmap for reaching these objectives has, till now, been laid out in three bilateral agreements.

Chairman Kim announced that a military agreement to create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula had been adopted.

It is widely believed that a peace treaty in some form would be finalised between the US and North Korea.

US needs to coordinate its North Korea policy at least with Seoul, Tokyo and China, if not with all other members of the Security Council.

Moon served as a respected human rights lawyer in the difficult days of authoritarian rule in the 1980s.

The five CARs are predominantly Muslim-majority nations.

The creation of a formal “Dissent Channel” is unlikely to encourage senior Indian diplomats to air contrarian views.

The SCO’s six founding members aren’t members of the nonaligned movement.