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The Iranian FM welcomes his Saudi counterpart on his first visit to Iran since the two nations signed a Chinese-brokered agreement to restore diplomatic ties. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan announced on Saturday that they agreed to form joint political and economic committees. In a joint press conference in Tehran, Amir-Abdollahian expressed happiness with meeting with bin Farhan in Tehran and thanked Saudi Arabia for reopening Iranian diplomatic premises in the cities of Riyadh and Jeddah earlier this month. “The Iranian side will also reciprocally provide the necessary facilities for the…

Spilios Kriketos is kicked out of Mitsotakis’ party after saying Greece cannot tolerate more migrants, accusing them of stealing Right-wing Greek lawmaker Spilios Kriketos was expelled from former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ New Democracy (ND) party, over his remarks after the mass drowning of migrants on a boat on June 14. His comments come as the Greek coastguard continues its search for survivors from the boat that capsized carrying migrants, killing at least 78 people. Officials state that hopes of finding survivors are fading “by the minute”. 104 people from the boat have been rescued as of yet. Kriketos condemned the “tragic” event,…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the BRICS bloc is opening the door for new members to get into the alliance as its members discuss the candidates. The BRICS nations have initiated efforts to align their positions on accepting new members into the group of emerging economies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed in an interview with RT on Friday. Lavrov mentioned that during the August summit in Johannesburg, experts will brief the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa on the possibilities of expansion. The top diplomat explained that BRICS operates on a consensus rule and is currently in…

According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the part of the grain deal concerning Russia was never completed The Russian part of the grain deal has not been implemented, therefore there are de facto no perspectives or grounds for the deal’s extension, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview for Izvestia. Speaking about the deal, he noted that “one unlikely can predict any final decision here.” “But one can state that, judging de facto by the status quo on hands, this deal has no chances. Because a deal implies business, business by agreeing…

“This draft agreement was initialed by the head of the Kiev negotiation team. He put his signature there. Here it is,” the Russian president said Russian President Vladimir Putin showed the initialed draft agreement with Ukraine, which was drawn up in March 2022 in Istanbul, to leaders and representatives of several African countries at their meeting on Saturday. “I would like to draw your attention to the fact that with [Turkish] President [Tayyip] Erdogan’s assistance, as you know, a string of talks between Russia and Ukraine took place in Turkey so as to work out both the confidence-building measures you…

On June 16, the mission visited Kiev, where they held talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky The African peace mission has brought together South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani, Senegal’s President Macky Sall, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema, as well as Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Florent Ntsiba and Ruhakana Rugunda, special envoys of the presidents of the Republic of the Congo and Uganda respectively. On June 16, the mission visited Kiev, where they held talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Located outside St. Petersburg, the former capital city of Russia, the Konstantinovsky Palace was…

With its budget drained by Ukraine, the bloc is reportedly asking its members to contribute more Germany cannot afford to pay more money into the EU budget, Finance Minister Christian Lindner told the Die Welt newspaper on Friday. Although Germany is the bloc’s largest contributor, it has been forced to make cutbacks as its economy contracts. “In view of the necessary cuts in our national budget, we are currently unable to make any additional contributions to the budget of the European Union,” Linder told reporters in Brussels, adding that other member states have come to the same realization. Lindner explained that…

The balloon incident occurred on January 28, with a Chinese research balloon accidentally entering the airspace over Alaska. A report by NBC News on Friday revealed that US President Joe Biden planned to speak with Xi Jinping after the balloon incident in January, but his national security advisers talked him out of it after noticing that tensions had risen drastically. The balloon incident occurred on January 28, with a Chinese research balloon accidentally entering the airspace over Alaska, before it was found floating over missile sites in Montana. Days later, after tracking, the US decided to shoot it down over the South…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi lands back in Tehran after touring Latin America. Tehran signed 35 cooperation agreements with Latin American countries in the fields of mining, reactors, and various other areas, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Friday, upon his return from his tour in Latin America. Raisi clarified that 5 contracts worth $5 billion were signed in the knowledge sectors, and he announced the formation of a special working group for Latin American countries, appointing its members in preparation for commencing its work. The Iranian President stressed that “opposing imperialism is a common denominator between the Islamic Revolution and the countries…

Russian President hails developing relations with the UAE during a meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of SPIEF. Russian President Vladimir Putin said, on Friday, that relations between Russia and the United Arab Emirates are developing successfully, stressing that they are mutually beneficial to both countries. At a meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Putin said that “the UAE is a very good comfortable partner for us. Relations between Russia and the Emirates are developing very successfully… the main thing is that they benefit both Russia and the UAE.” It is…