All important Bilateral and Regional Groupings in 2018

In this article, we have updated all-important Bilateral and Regional Groupings in 2018 between January 2018 to December 2018 on monthly basis. The events are compiled from newspapers (The Hindu, TOI, IE & ET), magazines, and various online resources.

December 2018

India to Chair Kimberley Process
5 action points in Indo-Pacific region
India to host G20 Summit in 2022
2nd trilateral meeting after 12 years
China rejects India’s proposal
CBDT to host WCO meet
G20 avoids commitment on free trade
India gets WTO nod to establish dispute panel
MoU ink for projects in third countries
MoC between India and Japan in Environmental Cooperation
Ex Aviaindra 2018
India, China to resume Hand in Hand
Platform for diplomacy launched
Hand-in-Hand 2018
Review pact to build nuclear reactors
India extends assistance to Maldives
France to introduce GAFA tax
China, Pakistan and Afghanistan sign MoU
MoU between India and Afghanistan approved
India and RCEP members

November 2018

Dharma guardian 2018 commenced
MoC between India and Russia
The MoC will enable technical cooperation in the following areas
Joint research on WTO reforms
Solar Alliance to all UN countries
Trade through Lipukekh pass
India and the Republic of Korea sign MoU
Quad countries to focus on maritime security
US exempts India from Chabahar port.
MoU between India and Italy approved.
SIMBEX 18.
Indo-German project for human-wildlife conflicts.
Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’
RCEP pact put off till next year
First India-Singapore Hackathon felicitates
India votes against UNGA draft
Theresa May wins backing for Brexit deal
Australia takes India to WTO
Exercise INDRA
MoU regarding AIM apprised
Djibouti gets first India-built centre
India to press for a better deal
India extends aid for border development projects

October 2018

India, Uzbekistan sign 17 agreements
IBSAMAR-VI kicks off
IORA Countries adopt the Delhi Declaration
India- Russia S-400 defence deal
AIM & SIRIUS sign MoU
Codeshare pact sign with Air Seychelles
JIMEX 18 Commence
32nd CORPAT
First India-Israel Innovation Centre opens
1st joint project of India and China
India urges IMF to implement quota reforms
India, China to sign ISC agreement
Dharma Guardian – 2018
India and China to sign first security pact
India to host UNICEF’s global meet
Multilateral air encounter code
India, China ink security pact
MoU amongst BRICS approved
India, Myanmar agree to take on insurgents
India, Japan ink pact in Yoga

September 2018

Fourth BIMSTEC Summit
6th EAS-EMM and 15th India-ASEAN- EMM held
KAZIND 2018
India wants 20 years to cut tariffs under RCEP
India ready to take steps forward
BIMSTEC embarrassment for India
The US reviewing India’s Chabahar port development
Chinese intrusions declined
PM Modi & Sheikh Hasina flag off India-Bangladesh Friendship pipeline
India opening rupee window for Iran oil
Yudh Abhyas 2018 concluded

August 2018

India STA-1 status
China, ASEAN navies stage first emergency drills
Government to defer ‘retaliatory tariff’
India get STA-1 status
Exercise Maitree 2018
India not to join US-led counter to China’s BRI
Adoption programme with India
Maitree 2018 concluded
PB-18 conclude
India, Japan to expand defence ties
Ink protocol to amend CECA

July 2018

Bolivia offers its Lithium reserves
World’s biggest trading bloc
India in talks to run ‘world’s emptiest airport’
New visas to Indian scientists
Join hands for industrial revolution 4.0
India, South Korea Sign Five MoUs
First Chairman of Rajya Sabha to sign an MOU
India, South Korea sign 11 agreements
Indians in ‘Windrush’ immigration scandal
Brexit strategy
Largest visa centre in World
UN elects Iceland to replace US
Govt gives nod to Iran bank
Revised travel agreement with Bangladesh
A deal signed to defy protectionism
India’s BRO completes road in Bhutan
First Meeting on Border Haats
India, US set to sign COMCASA
Invest India and UAE sign MoU

June 2018

US Pacific Command renamed
Join hands to counter expansionist China
IND-INDO CORPAT
Agreement in the field of Sustainable Urban Development
Ex-Malabar 2018
Sign MoU to extend health cooperation
India, China ink 2 MoUs
India refuses to endorse China’s BRI
Document sign at Singapore summit
Malabar 2018
Yoga Day in SCO

May 2018

WTO sets up key panel
First Ever Joint Army exercise on Malaysian Soil
India-Japan Energy Dialogue
India rejects US request
India- South Africa Business Summit Concludes
India in Asia-Pacific on power index
Joint surveillance of Maldives EEZ
WTO sets up panel for renewables energy case
India takes convention centre route to Africa
MoU between India and France apprised
India drags US to WTO
Steps to fight US sanctions on Iran
China’s another flashpoint with India
India, China agree to start talks on bilateral SSA
Surya Kiran begins

April 2018

India abstains from voting on Moscow’s proposal
India, Nepal seek new direction to bilateral ties
Fuel pipeline project
China protests India’s ‘transgression’ in Arunachal
India at CWG 2018
India, South Korea to ink pact for seafarers
China protests India’s ‘transgression’ in Arunachal
Indian Consortium and Saudi Aramco Sign MoU
First India-Nordic summit
Seven MoUs at DefExpo
Nordic free-trade bastion
UK joins International Solar Alliance
India wins UN subsidiary bodies
Joint task force on natural gas
India, Nordic countries vow to strengthen ties
India takes US to WTO’s safeguard committee on steel
Increase in voting rights at World Bank
MoU in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine approved
HARIMAU SHAKTI 2018
India-China Informal Summit
Joint economic project in Afghanistan

March 2018

First initiative under an Indo-Russian deal
India, Jordan ink 12 pacts
India, Vietnam ink three MoUs
Planned Indian military base stirs
Freedom of navigation in SCS
India to become EBRD’s member
MoU between UPSC and PSC of Mauritius
First ever ‘crime-free zone’ launched
WTO mini-ministerial in Delhi
First ISA summit
India, France ink 14 agreements
Delhi agenda adopted
India nudges WTO services council
NDB, ISA tie up
WTO to work on alternative mechanism
WTO dispute on export schemes
US drags India to WTO
First India-Japan Workshop on DRR
Anti-dumping duty imposed on Ofloxacin
First India-Japan Workshop on DRR
WTO summit in India
Anti-dumping probe on solar cells
ISA and India sign the Host Country Agreement
India close to signing COMCASA
First US shale gas reaches India

February 2018

India joins Ashgabat agreement
Createch Summit in Mumbai
India invites WTO members for the mini-ministerial meet
Minamata Convention approved
US blocks India’s request for WTO compliance panel
Grand Collar of the State of Palestine
India, UAE agree to strengthen economic ties
India, UAE to hold first joint naval drill
India, Oman sign 8 agreements
India US sort our issues on poultry
MoU Signed between BSI and NHM
India, Iran sign pact
India notifies revised pact with Kenya
Pact for smart city cooperation
TAPI breaks ground on Afghan section
India to host Milan
India, US hold talks on defence cooperation

January 2018

Six countries enter UNSC
Cabinet nod to India, UK pact
India rejects US solar claim at WTO
India, UK ink pacts on illegal migrants
India attends its first SCO meeting
Exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’
India now in ‘Australia Group’
India, Cambodia ink pacts.
India, Seychelles sign revised agreement