All articles tagged with #strained relations
Prince Harry's spokesperson denies reports that he turned down an invitation to King Charles III's 75th birthday party, calling the story "disappointing." This comes after Harry declined his father's offer to visit Balmoral on the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death.
Justin Trudeau's recent statement to the House of Commons highlights the strained relations between the Trudeau family and India, with a history of neglecting the issue of Khalistani supporters and gangsters operating from Canadian soil. This is not the first time such tensions have arisen, as in 1982, Pierre Trudeau, Justin's father, refused to extradite Talwinder Singh Parmar, the mastermind behind the Air India bombing in 1985.
Russia has summoned the Armenian ambassador to protest against a series of "unfriendly steps" taken by Armenia, including signing up to the International Criminal Court, hosting a military exercise with the United States, and a visit to Ukraine by the Armenian prime minister's wife. Armenia, heavily reliant on Russia for defense supplies, has expressed dissatisfaction with Russian peacekeepers' failure to end an Azerbaijani blockade of supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has criticized Armenia's reliance on Russia for security, while Moscow insists on remaining the principal guarantor of security in the Caucasus. Tensions have risen between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the future of Nagorno-Karabakh, with both sides accusing each other of moving troops near their joint border.