Belt and Road Forum opens, German Foreign Minister visits Israel, Japan-Australia postpone 2+2 talks

The World & Vietnam Newspaper highlights some notable world news this morning, 1710.

Asia

CHINA DAILY. The 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will be held in Beijing, China from October 17-18 with the participation of representatives from more than 140 countries and more than 30 international organizations.

XINHUA. Two refrigerated trains carrying fruits and vegetables left southwest China's Yunnan Province for Laos and Vietnam, respectively.

The event marked the launch of cold storage cargo transportation services on the train routes from China to Laos and from China to Vietnam. In photo: (Source: Xinhua)

YONHAP. ​​About 800 senior security officials and experts from 56 countries attended the Seoul Defense Dialogue 2023 under the theme “Cooperation and Solidarity for Freedom, Peace and Prosperity” from October 17-19.

TEMPO. From October 16, Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited China to promote economic relations and attend the 3rd Belt and Road Forum (BRF) Summit.

TEMPO. With a defense budget of $8.8 billion in 2023, Indonesia is now the second-highest military spender in Southeast Asia after Singapore, according to a report by defense data analytics firm GlobalData.

ANKARA. Indonesian authorities announced that they had evacuated four of their citizens from the West Bank to the capital, Jakarta, safely.

FRESH NEWS. After a test flight period, Cambodia's Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport welcomed a flight from Bangkok Airways (Thailand) as part of its first commercial flight event.

IRNA. Iraq signed three contracts with the UAE's Crescent Petroleum to develop three oil and gas fields in the eastern and southern regions of Iraq.

NTV. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Israel today, October 17, to show solidarity with Israel after the surprise attack by the Hamas Islamist movement on the territory of the Jewish State last weekend.

AFP. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has officially denied reports of a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to pave the way for foreign citizens to leave the strip for Egypt.

Europe

TASS. The Russian and Chinese Foreign Ministers had an in-depth exchange of views on a wide range of regional and international issues, including the increasingly tense situation in the Middle East and the conflict in Ukraine.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov hold talks in Beijing on October 16. (Source: Reuters)

AFP. Pope Francis called for the establishment of humanitarian corridors for civilians in the Gaza Strip affected by the conflict between Hamas and Israel, and reiterated his call for Hamas to release hostages.

ANADOLU. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

CCTV. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that China's proposals on resolving the crisis in Ukraine are realistic and could form the basis for a future peace agreement.

TASS. The Russian government will allocate more than 2.2 billion rubles ($22.5 million) to develop the infrastructure of the electronics industry park over the next three years, Prime Minister Mikhail Mitshustin said.

GUARDIAN. Britain and South Korea have agreed to extend by two years the period of low or no tariffs on bilateral trade.

AFP. Leaders of the Smer Social Democratic Party (Smer-SD), the Voice of Social Democracy (Hlas-SD) and the Slovak National Party (SNS) signed a coalition agreement to form a new government after the parliamentary elections at the end of September.

REUTERS. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere reshuffled his cabinet as support for the ruling center-left coalition fell compared to the opposition in recent opinion polls.

DW. Germany is moving to increase the number of checkpoints along its eastern and southern borders in an effort to control the growing number of illegal immigrants.

America

WASHINGTON POST. The US administration has reached an agreement to ease sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry as Venezuela holds presidential elections in 2024.

NPR. Ecuador's National Electoral Council confirmed that candidate Daniel Noboa representing the National Democratic Action (ADN) coalition won the second round of the presidential election.

Businessman Daniel Noboa, 35, became the youngest president-elect ever in Ecuador. (Source: Time)

AP. Chilean President Gabriel Boric begins a visit to China aimed at strengthening bilateral economic and trade ties.

Africa

AHRAM.Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his French counterpart Catherine Colonna called for humanitarian aid to be delivered to the Gaza Strip and for foreign nationals to be evacuated from the besieged territory.

AP. UN Under-Secretary-General for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths called for the protection of civilians and an end to hostilities after six months of military conflict in Sudan .

REUTERS.Abidjan Governor Robert Beugre Mambe has been appointed Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire, after President Alassane Ouattara dissolved the government earlier this month.

Oceania

ABC. Australia and Japan have postponed a 2+2 meeting between their foreign and defense ministers scheduled for this weekend, amid escalating tensions between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement.

BLOOMBERG. Australia plans to protect citizens from the risk of digital currencies collapsing by forcing digital currency platforms to obtain financial services licenses.

SBS. Southern parts of Australia's New South Wales state have seen snowfall despite it being spring, while large, even dangerous, fires rage in the state's northeast.

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