The United States on Friday said it wants India to work for encouraging democratic reforms in Myanmar and suggested that New Delhi has already begun playing an active role in the South East Asian country.
The IAEA has been asked to negotiate the terms for monitoring North Korea's shutdown of the Yongbyon facility.
Pyongyang agreed in principle to dismantle its nuclear weapons at the September 2005 round of talks but boycotted the meeting following US financial sanctions imposed on the reclusive Stalinist state.
The United States has urged countries near North Korea against developing nuclear deterrents despite the threat posed by the impoverished hermit nation's growing missile and nuclear prowess.
'The world is finally recognising that China is pushing a form of government that many only now are beginning to recognise as problematic'
'The killings are a worrisome escalation of tensions, but little is known about the immediate causes or results of the fight in Galwan and it is not possible, at this point, to assign blame'
The venture is seen as a rival to the World Bank.
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