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Police detain a Tibetan exile near the venue of a meeting between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid in New Delhi May 20, 2013. Li is seeking to build trust with India on his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just a few weeks after a military standoff between the Asian giants on their ill-defined border in the Himalayan mountains. Police detain a Tibetan exile near
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, second left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, second right, smile as India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, right, and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi gesture during a joint press conference in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was visiting India just weeks after the two nations resolved a tense standoff between their troops over the disputed Himalayan border between their two countries. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, second
A Tibetan exile shouts slogans as he stands atop a gas station during a protest near the venue of a meeting between Chinese President Li Keqiang and India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid in New Delhi May 20, 2013. Li is seeking to build trust with India on his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just a few weeks after a military standoff between the Asian giants on their ill-defined border in the Himalayan mountains. A Tibetan exile shouts slogans as h
Indian policemen detain a Tibetan activist near the Taj Palace Hotel, venue of the meeting between Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang and Indian External Affairs minister, Salman Khurshid in New Delhi on May 20, 2013. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday he had agreed with his Chinese counterpart to make a new push to settle a long-running border row, pledging his commitment to 'peace and tranquillity'. Indian policemen detain a Tibetan a
China's Premier Li Keqiang (R) speaks to India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing May 10, 2013. China's Premier Li Keqiang (R) spea
India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid (L) attends a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (not pictured) in Beijing May 9, 2013. Khurshid is on a two-day visit to Beijing. India's Foreign Minister Salman Khu
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid in front of Chinese and Indian national flags during Khurshid's two-day visit in Beijing May 9, 2013. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R
Chinese paramilitary police march past the Indian embassy in Beijing on May 9, 2013. Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid began a two-day trip to China, just days after the resolution of a border flare-up that highlighted longstanding tensions between the Asian giants. The world's two most populous countries have in recent years seen relations improve and trade boom, and both sides had sought to stay low-key over the latest row, which lasted several weeks. Chinese paramilitary police march p
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the photographers and cameramen ahead of his meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid (not in picture) in Tehran on May 4, 2013. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinej
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) arrives ahead of his meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid (not in picture) in Tehran on May 4, 2013. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinej
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) greets Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid during a meeting in Tehran on May 4, 2013. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinej
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (R) shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid during a meeting in New Delhi on May 3, 2013. Mammadyarov is in India for a three-day official visit. Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar
FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file photo, India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing activists shout slogans and police try to control them during a protest against the alleged incursion by Chinese troops into Indian territory in New Delhi, India. India has announced that its foreign minister Salman Khurshid will visit China early May, 2013 as local media reported an agreement between the two Asian giants to end a three-week stand-off over their disputed Himalayan border. New Delhi had accused Chinese troops of crossing their disputed boundary and infiltrating deep into Indian territory three weeks ago. FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file
strongMoscow:/strong External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday asked Pakistan to take seriously India's appeal for the release of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, comatose in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault. We have been concerned of getting him (Sarabjit) back to India. We have been repeatedly pushing the matter. We have pulled out everything we know in diplomacy to reach out for this matter, Khurshid said in Moscow. Khurshid is in Russia to co-chair the inter-session meeting of the Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC) with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. [caption id=attachment_738907 align=alignleft width=380 strongMoscow:/strong External Affai
Indian activists shout slogans as they hold anti-Chinese placards during a protest in New Delhi on April 26, 2013, after an alleged incursion of Chinese troops into part of the Indian controlled remote Himalayan region. India's foreign minister Salman Khurshid said he would visit China on May 9 amid high tensions between the neighbours due to a flare-up at their disputed border. Indian activists shout slogans as t
India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid (L) speaks with Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi before a session of the Ministerial Meeting of the Istanbul Process for Afghanistan in Almaty April 26, 2013. India's Foreign Minister Salman Khu
Activists of the Indian right-wing Hindu organisation Shiv Sena shout slogans as they burn a China national flag while protesting against the land grabbing by China in Ladakh during a demonstration in Amritsar on April 25, 2013. India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday he would visit China on May 9 amid high tensions between the neighbours due to a flare-up at their disputed border. New Delhi says a platoon of Chinese troops moved into Indian territory on April 15 in a remote and desolate part of the Himalayas where the border is disputed. Activists of the Indian right-wing
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid gestures while attending The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) National Executive Committee meeting in New Delhi on April 25, 2013. Khurshid said he would visit China on May 9 amid high tensions between the neighbours due to a flare-up at their disputed border. Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khur
India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid (L) meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on March 27, 2013. India's Foreign Minister Salman Khu
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, left, speaks as his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida listens during their joint press conference at Japanese Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khur
Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid (L) speaks to Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) prior to their seventh Japan-India Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue at the foreign ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on March 26, 2013. Indian External Affairs Minister Sa
Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid (2nd L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) watch a signing ceremony following the seventh Japan-India Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue at the foreign ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on March 26, 2013. Indian External Affairs Minister Sa
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf (R) arrives at the Ajmer Sharif shrine in Ajmer on March 9, 2013. Pakistan's premier Raja Pervez Ashraf visited India on Saturday to make a brief pilgrimage to a revered Muslim shrine, with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid welcoming him with 'open arms'. Khurshid's warm welcome for Ashraf, making his first visit to India as prime minister, came despite strained relations between the nuclear-armed rivals over recent border clashes. Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez
strongJaipur:/strong External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today hosted a lunch for Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf but did not discuss issues like terrorism with him. This was a private visit. It was a pilgrimage (for Ashraf). This was not the occasion nor did I have the authority to discuss such issues, he told reporters after the lunch at Rambagh Palace Hotel here. [caption id=attachment_654115 align=alignleft width=380 strongJaipur:/strong External Affai
Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, right, shakes hands with Pakistan s Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in Jaipur, India, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Ashraf is in India on Saturday on a daylong private visit to the shrine of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti in the nearby town of Ajmer. Sufism is a more mystical form of Islam that is practiced in many parts of South Asia. Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khur
Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf (centre L) shakes hands with India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid during a photo opportunity as security personnel and officials watch in Jaipur, capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan March 9, 2013. Ashraf is in India to visit the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer on Saturday. Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Perv
India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid (R) gestures next to Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf during a photo opportunity in Jaipur, the capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan, March 9, 2013. Ashraf is in India to visit the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer on Saturday. India's Foreign Minister Salman Khu
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid was the epitome of statesmanship while delivering his reply to opposition parties demanding a clear stand on Sri Lanka. However his speech made it clear that India was not at all keen to pull up its island neighbour despte mounting evidence of war crimes committed during the last stages of the war and continuing violence, and intimidation, against Tamils or any voice of dissent. Refusing to commit to a stand either way ahead of a key UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka, all Khurshid would say was that If Sri Lanka is able to show it is moving forward we will come to one conclusion, if they cannot, we will come to another conclusion. He also did not directly answer a question posed by CPI's D Raja about the fact that Sri Lanka had rejected the thirteenth amendment to the constitution - relating to the devolution of power - pioneered and pushed for by India since 1987. [caption id=attachment_642032 align=alignleft width=380 External Affairs Minister Salman Kh
Minister of External affairs Salman Khurshid has expressed his reservations about scrapping the Rs 3,546 crore VVIP chopper deal with Italy that has made headlines because of alleged discrepancies. A emTimes of India/em a href=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Salman-Khurshid-opposes-scrapping-of-VVIP-chopper-deal/articleshow/18565762.cms target=_blankreport/a quoted Khurshid as saying, We don't want to overreact because we don't want to let this issue affect our defence preparedness. [caption id=attachment_630596 align=alignleft width=380 Minister of External affairs Salman