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Alice Wells: India should invest in Quad instead of BRICS and RIC
India has traditionally been reluctant to play up its participation in the Quad, which was upgraded to the level of foreign ministers only last September.
Updated on Jun 29, 2020 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rezaul H Laskar
‘Just nonsense’: China disses US official for dart over Sino-India border tension
China reacted angrily to US official Alice Wells remarks that spoke of a pattern in Beijing’s conduct in handling differences over South China Sea and the boundary dispute with India
Updated on May 21, 2020 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing | Sutirtho Patranobis
‘Swiftly’ release political prisoners in Kashmir, US urges Indian government
Alice Wells, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia said that the US continued to “urge the government to permit regular access by our diplomats, and to move swiftly to release those political leaders detained without charge”.
Updated on Jan 25, 2020 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yahwant Raj
US diplomat urges India to release Kashmiri leaders detained without charge
US diplomat Alice Wells, who has just returned from a trip to the region besides attending the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, said nowhere this shift is more visible than in the Indo-Pacific region.
Updated on Jan 25, 2020 01:10 PM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India
US calls on Pakistan to take ‘irreversible action’ against terror groups
Alice Wells, the acting assistant secretary for South Asia, began a four-day visit to Pakistan on Sunday. She is scheduled to meet senior government officials in Islamabad to discuss bilateral and regional issues.
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 06:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
US calls envoys J-K visit ‘important step’, expresses concern over detentions
A group of 15 envoys and diplomats had interacted with security officials, politicians and civil society representatives over a recent two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir organised by the government since Jammu & Kashmir’s special status was revoked on August 5, 2019.
Updated on Jan 12, 2020 01:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
US to resume military training for Pak, but keeps security assistance on hold
The resumption of the IMET programme also sparked speculation that the US envisaged a role for Pakistan in dealing with the tensions caused by Soleimani’s killing.
Updated on Jan 04, 2020 02:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rezaul H Laskar
What has the world said on Kashmir
Privately, most European and Western diplomats and officials describe the changes made by India in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 as an internal matter of the country.
Updated on Dec 11, 2019 01:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
US has evil intention, China reacts on criticism of CPEC by Washington
The top US official for south Asia, Alice Wells had last week said the CPEC the flagship project of President Xi Jinping’s multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) would increase Pakistan’s debt burden and benefit only China.
Updated on Nov 25, 2019 08:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing | Sutirtho Patranobis
‘CPEC is not about aid’: US warns Pak of risks from China infrastructure push
The top US diplomat for South Asia said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor -- heralded as a game-changer by both Asian countries -- would profit only Beijing and said that the United States offered a better model.
Updated on Jul 27, 2020 10:39 PM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India
US ‘concerned’ over Jammu and Kashmir, says Pakistan must stop terror
US acting assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs Alice Wells has said that the state department “remains concerned about the situation in the Kashmir Valley, where daily life for the nearly eight million residents has been severely impacted since August 5.
Updated on Oct 23, 2019 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington/ New Delhi | HT Correspondents
‘Now prosecute them’: US tells Pakistan about arrested LeT operatives
These new arrests and other long-overdue counter-terrorism measures by Pakistan are understood to be linked to the upcoming meeting — from October 13 to 18 — of the Financial Action Task Force in Paris.
Updated on Jul 10, 2020 08:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
US calls for ‘rapid action’ in Kashmir
India moved in August to nullify Article 370 of the Constitution, which conferred special status on Jammu and Kashmir, and decided to bifurcate the state into two union territories -- J&K and Ladakh.
Updated on Sep 28, 2019 12:34 AM IST
New York | Yashwant Raj, New York
India, US may discuss J-K at upcoming high-level meeting next week
Sullivan, who will be joined by head of the state department’s south and central Asia bureau Alice Wells, is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Updated on Aug 09, 2019 05:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
‘A strong partner’: Mike Pompeo remembers Sushma Swaraj
Pompeo had first met Swaraj at the inaugural 2+2 ministerial in New Delhi in September 2018. They may have spoken over the phone a few more times.
Updated on Aug 07, 2019 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | HT Correspondent
US wants Pakistan to prosecute terrorists, not just detain them
Following international outrage triggered by the Pulwama terrorist attack by Pakistan-based JeM last February, the Imran Khan government has undertaken a series of counter-terrorism measures such as detaining terrorists and seizing assets, as they have done countless times before.
Updated on Jun 13, 2019 10:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Encourage parties to move forward on Masood Azhar blacklisting: US official
Alice Wells, the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs said: “We would encourage the parties to move forward with the designation (of Azhar). It reaffirms the centrality of UN and UN role in designating terrorists.”
Updated on May 01, 2019 02:17 PM IST
Islamabad | HT Correspondent
US urges Maldives’ Abdulla Yameen to accept election results
The US has offered the newly elected government of the Maldives deeper engagement to help it along the path of democracy, security and prosperity in the context of its evolving Indo-Pacific strategy and rebalance.
Updated on Oct 12, 2018 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj, Washington
US wants to continue expanding defence, security ties with India, says official
Principal deputy assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs Alice Wells says the US-India strategic partnership was based on a shared commitment to uphold the rule of law and free and fair trade among other things.
Updated on Apr 19, 2018 10:45 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Washington | Press Trust of India
US wants level-playing field for its companies in India: Official
US is also seeking “a level playing field” for American companies in India, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells told PTI in an interview
Updated on Apr 18, 2018 10:03 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Washington | Press Trust of India