French President faces a "storm" of domestic criticism, Ukraine's historic moment, how does Iran fill the "Western" gap?

EU begins accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, French President Emmanuel Macron is ready to negotiate with his Russian counterpart, the situation in the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula and the Gaza Strip... these are some of the prominent international events of the past 24 hours.

French President Emmanuel Macron stands in front of the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Source: AFP)

Europe

* The French President declared his readiness to engage in dialogue with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Génération Do It Yourself (GDIY) podcast.

French President Emmanuel Macron stated: “I believe in the power of dialogue… There haven’t been any in the last few months, but I don’t rule out the possibility of dialogue on this or that topic, including the issue of nuclear power plants. Frankly, I believe that continuing dialogue is always important.” (TASS)

President Macron faced a storm of criticism from leaders of both left-wing and right-wing parties in France after warning that a victory for the far-right National Rally (RN) or the left-wing New Popular Front coalition in the upcoming snap election could trigger a “civil war”.

Conservative Republican leader Eric Ciotti accused Macron's statements of being "irresponsible" and part of the French president's "fear-mongering strategy."

Meanwhile, RN's second president, Marine Le Pen, argued that these arguments showed Macron "thinks he has lost this election."

Patrick Kanner, the leader of the Socialist Party in the Senate, commented that President Macron's statements show he is fighting for his own " political survival."

France is preparing for the first round of its parliamentary elections on June 30th. This is considered the most divisive election in decades. (AFP)

* The European Union (EU) has launched accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova, a landmark move that will determine the future of the two Eastern European countries amid Russia's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine.

Speaking as the 27 EU countries signed an agreement to begin negotiations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said: "These are truly historic moments. We are and will always be part of a united Europe. Millions of Ukrainians, and indeed generations of our people, are pursuing their European dream." (AFP)

* Ukraine is urging NATO to make a “strong” decision on the accession issue to be made at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington next July.

President Zelensky's foreign policy adviser, Ihor Zhovkva, made the appeal, expressing his hope that the NATO summit would conclude with concrete results, because otherwise, "the summit would be useless." (Reuters)

* Trump's Ukraine peace plan and Russia's conditions: On June 25, two key advisors presented former US President Donald Trump with a plan to end the conflict in Ukraine should he win the race to return to the White House. According to the plan, Kyiv would only receive additional US weapons if it participated in peace talks.

Regarding this, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia currently does not know the details of the above plan, but affirmed that the value of any peace plan needs to take into account the opinions of the parties as well as the situation on the ground.

According to Peskov, President Putin has repeatedly stated that Moscow remains ready to negotiate; however, the Russian leader's recent peace proposals have not been accepted by the West or Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said that President Vladimir Putin's peace proposal could end the conflict in Ukraine almost immediately. (Reuters, TASS)

The Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov is training in the Atlantic Ocean, practicing tactics for searching and tracking submarines, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

At a distance of more than 50 km from the ship, the pilots carried out a series of measures to search for the submarine. A total of 5 landings were made on the deck of the ship. (Telegram)

Russia and Iran are expected to sign a new comprehensive cooperation agreement “in the very near future,” according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, but very few details about the agreement's contents are currently available.

The previous agreement, signed in 2001 and automatically renewed for another five years in 2020, called for cooperation between the two sides in the fields of security, energy (including the peaceful use of nuclear energy and the construction of nuclear power plants), industry, and technology. (TASS)

* Germany, France, and Poland are cooperating to purchase long-range precision weapons to fill a "serious capability gap" in European arsenals after a period of supply to Ukraine.

At a meeting of the Weimar Triangle Group in Paris, France, the defense ministers of the three countries agreed to establish a mechanism for procuring "deep precision strike weapons" such as cruise missiles, and other European powers could join this mechanism.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said the goal at the NATO summit in July is to "bring together a group of like-minded European countries that agree to close this gap in the medium and long term," with the first step being the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) by the Weimar Triangle Group. (DPA)

Asia-Pacific

* Philippines wants dialogue with China on disputes in the East Sea : On June 25, Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo affirmed that the country is actively making efforts to bring China back to the negotiating table to resolve disputes in the East Sea.

Speaking at a Senate hearing, Manalo said the two countries held a working group meeting last week to prepare for a possible meeting of the Bilateral Consultative Mechanism in July. (Reuters)

* US-Philippines conduct joint exercises in the South China Sea: Four US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft dropped seven GBU-32 guided bombs on floating targets off the coast of West Luzon Island in the Philippines during a joint exercise called Maritime Aviation Support Operation (MASA) 2024, which took place on June 15. (USNI News)

* South Korea and the US conducted a joint logistics capacity-building exercise from June 24-29, with the participation of about 2,000 soldiers from both countries.

The exercise aimed to train South Korean soldiers on procedures for distributing supplies, personnel and equipment to combat units, mobilizing about 500 pieces of equipment, including tanks, aircraft, warships and civilian cargo ships.

The two countries also recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in exchanging diplomatic intelligence analyses. (Yonhap)

* South Korea reacts strongly to Russia-North Korea cooperation: South Korea warned that "any action" that helps North Korea enhance its military capabilities violates United Nations Security Council resolutions, and called on the international community to take a unified and "strict" response to such actions.

Meanwhile, President Yoon Suk Yeol condemned North Korea's continued release of balloons containing waste into South Korea and described military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow as a step backward in history.

In his first public statement regarding the newly signed Russia-North Korea agreement, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared that the South Korean military "will maintain a strong combat readiness" to ensure it will not be challenged under any circumstances.

Regarding the Russia-North Korea agreement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said Moscow hopes Seoul will calmly accept the agreement. (Yonhap)

Italy will conduct military exercises with Japan and Australia this year , using... Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft and the aircraft carrier "Cavour".

Middle East-Africa

* Iran determined to "look eastward": Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani declared that Tehran considers organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS group of emerging economies as means to resist Western dominance and the unipolar world system.

According to him, Iran aims to "promote regional integrity by becoming an active member of regional and global organizations, thereby helping the international community escape the negative influence of dominant systems and bringing the international community closer to multilateralism as a means of achieving justice on the international stage."

Foreign Minister Kani also pointed out that the Iranian government under the leadership of the late President Ebrahim Raisi and the late Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian demonstrated "a serious determination to compensate for dependence on the West by focusing on the East, strengthening its Asian identity and ensuring that cooperative policies serve common development and security." (TASS)

* Israel is committed to implementing the proposed ceasefire , according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement to the Israeli Knesset on June 24.

Netanyahu asserted: “Our position remains unchanged. Israel is committed to implementing the ceasefire proposal endorsed by U.S. President Joe Biden. However, Israel will not end the war until Hamas is eliminated.” (Reuters)

* EU imposes additional sanctions on Hamas and Israeli settlers: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc had reached political agreement on further sanctions, but did not provide further details. (AFP)

America

The U.S. does not want civilian deaths in the Ukraine conflict , according to Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder.

Commenting on Russia's attack in Sevastopol, Mr. Ryder emphasized: "Ukraine makes its own decisions about operations and targeting. We don't have any information to indicate whether civilians were killed or not. That's something we will talk to the Ukrainians about."

On June 23, the Ukrainian army attacked civilian infrastructure in Sevastopol with ATACMS missiles carrying cluster munitions, killing four civilians, including two children, and injuring more than 150 others. (TASS)

* US Elections: The first live debate between US presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump on June 27th is expected to focus on the issue of abortion, two years after the Supreme Court overturned constitutional protections for federal abortion.

* Peruvian President Dina Boluarte is preparing to visit China from June 26-28 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In a statement, the Peruvian presidential palace emphasized that China maintains long-standing friendly and cooperative relations with the South American nation and that the visit will allow Lima to strengthen its good relations with Beijing. (CGTN)

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