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A group of selected Pakistani envoys, including those in India and China, today began debating key foreign policy issues in an effort to chalk out a response to the new US strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia. The three-day conference was inaugurated by Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif. The conference cou stanley cup ld allow various Pakistani envoys to harmonise their understanding of the foreign policy issues facing the country, particularly after the US president last month publicly rebuked Islamabad for harbouring terror groups. The new US strategy, outlined by Donald Trump, seeks a greater development role for India in Afghanistan. Other issues to be discussed at the meet may include the BRICS d stanley cup eclaration in China Xiamen city yesterday, calling Pakistan-based terror groups a security concern in the region.Pakistan ambassador and high commissioners in the US, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iran, and India were attending the conference, the Foreign Office said. Its spokesman said in a brief statement that the envoys will deliberate over a range of bilateral, regional and global dimensions of Pakistan foreign policy. Diplomatic s af1 ources here said Asif in his opening remarks said there was no military solution to the ongoing conflict in neighbouring Afghanistan. He urged the envoys to discuss Pakistan India ties and the situation in Kashmir, and suggest how Islamabad should highlight the issue.The sources sai Ppks China wins allies for web vision in ideological battle with US
From pv magazine USAWith utility scale solar and storage projects stalled in the PJM grid operators interconnection queue, What should be done to get the queue moving asked a participant in a recent webinar. The best approach could be public control of PJM and other regional grid operators, said law professor Shelley Welton.Public control of grid operators is Weltons preferred solution for fixing interconnection delays and high fees, as well as grid operators heel dragging on reforming rules to integrate renewables, and their practice of setting聽new barriers聽to renewables. Welton noted that Californias grid operator CAISO is publicly governed. In a聽law journal article, Welton also discussed three other possible improvements to the governance of grid operators, short of public control.The Clean Energy States Alliance hosted the webinar, to discuss how the聽20 clean energy states, 聽which have committed to reaching 100% clean energy, can influence grid operators to advance clean energy.States have many options to exercise influence through existing channels, as described in聽a report聽for the 100% Clean Energy Collaborative, which the Alliance supports. Some states have also considered a partial exit, notes th stanley cup e report, as Illinois, New Jersey and Maryland explored options to bypass the PJM capacity market, with its anti-renewables minimum offer p stanley cup rice rule, in 2020.Asked on the webinar how clean energy states might prioritize the stanley de ir efforts, between seeking structural reform |
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