October 3, 2023
He also urged the ‘acceleration’ of work from the European Union to direct ‘frozen Russian assets to finance the restoration of war-torn Ukraine’. President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday told a gathering of European Union foreign ministers in Kyiv that the length of the war with Russia will depend on support Ukraine receives from allies. The
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosted leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to discuss strengthening regional and economic cooperation. ADVERTISEMENT Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed leaders from the five Central Asian states for their first-ever summit on Friday, as EU member states seek to win geopolitical allies in the region. In Berlin, leaders from Kazakhstan,
READ MOREMore than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents committed Monday to bolster coordination on economic development, environmental protection, maritime issues and more, the White House said. The adoption of the Declaration on Atlantic Cooperation was completed Monday evening at a meeting hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of the start of the
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Receive free Geopolitics updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Geopolitics news every morning. The US has launched a co-operation pact with dozens of countries touching the Atlantic Ocean in Europe, Africa and the Americas, as Washington seeks to ramp up economic, environmental and scientific ties across the region.
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NOTABLE results have been achieved during Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s meetings with leaders of East Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), China’s foreign ministry said on Monday. Leaders from the region also signed the first cooperation document on forming closer electric vehicle (EV) partnerships. Li attended a series of meetings, including the
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Talks are likely to focus on semiconductors and critical minerals amid a revelation that Vietnam was in talks with Russia over a new arms supply deal that could trigger US sanctions. Received in Hanoi with a warm welcome on Sunday, Joe Biden has predicted “the beginning of an era of even greater cooperation” with Vietnam.
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Italy’s government is reporting progress in its efforts to combat surging prices, with individual companies now holding the key to final commitments. The administration, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has brokered agreements with supermarket chains and small retailers to cap the prices of essential goods from October to December in response to high inflation.
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A Chinese expert called for the further promotion and implementation of the Brics agricultural cooperation mechanism to better address current global food security issues at the ongoing 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (Ciftis) in Beijing. With the increasing impact of trade monopolies, protectionism disrupting global supply chains, and factors such as malicious
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BEIJING/COTONOU: On the land of the Oueme department in southeast Benin, Chinese maize thrives under the sun; in a soybean oil production factory in China, workers are processing soybean seeds imported from Benin in an orderly manner. As China-African cooperation continues to deepen and strengthen, agricultural cooperation between China and Benin is also warming up,
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THE Philippines and Brazil are eyeing cooperation to boost sugarcane and ethanol production in the country. The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that delegates from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) and the Embassy of Brazil in Manila met with department officials on Tuesday to discuss a potential partnership between the two countries to boost Philippine
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