India is currently in talks with Russia to resume gas supplies under the long-term import deal between Russian state energy giant Gazprom and India’s state-controlled GAIL, according to GAIL chairman Manoj Jain, as cited by Reuters. GAIL, the largest gas distributor and operator of pipelines in the country, couldn’t receive …
Read More »China negotiates secret deal in South Pacific – media
China has reportedly negotiated a secret security pact with the Solomon Islands, setting off alarm bells in the US and Australia because of the potential for Beijing gaining a South Pacific beachhead from which it could block shipping traffic. Chinese and Solomon Island officials are close to signing the agreement, …
Read More »Israel negotiates vaccine swap with ‘another country’ after Palestinians reject expiring Pfizer jabs
“We have contacts with another country that I hope will come to fruition in the next few days,” Israeli health minister Nitzan Horowitz told local Channel 13 News on Sunday. The health minister didn’t name the country in question, saying that it could undermine the ongoing negotiations on the vaccine …
Read More »Austria negotiates to buy 1mn doses of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine as Chancellor Kurz rejects ‘geopolitical blinkers’
The news came from the chancellor himself, who revealed that Vienna and Moscow are engaged in talks, and said a deal should be agreed soon. On Tuesday, Kurz explained that there should be “no geopolitical blinkers” when it comes to Covid-19, noting that the “only thing that should count” is …
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