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Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have discussed regional developments and efforts to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the Omani Foreign Ministry said in a post on X this morning. Read More…
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The two discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen co-operation in various fields, as well as the latest regional developments, according to a readout from the Saudi Foreign Ministry. Prince Faisal praised the Lebanese government’s efforts to preserve the state and its national institutions, saying they would contribute to regional security and stability. Read More…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the US of waging “economic terrorism” against Iran, saying Washington was deliberately seeking to inflict suffering on the Iranian population. Speaking at the UN Security Council in New York, Mr Araghchi said US economic pressure “is deliberately inflicting grave pain” on ordinary Iranians. “This is economic terrorism,” he said. Read More…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov discussed regional developments on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. "Current regional and international issues were discussed with an emphasis on the situation around Iran," Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement after the meeting. The two sides agreed that a "diplomatic settlement was the only way to end the tension in the Middle East”, the statement added. Read More…
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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah has talked to Middle East counterparts on the latest regional developments. The conversations were held in phone calls with the foreign ministers of Egypt, Turkiye, and Kuwait. During the discussions they reviewed “joint efforts to contain tensions in a manner that contributes to maintaining regional security and stability”, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Read More…
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar has reaffirmed Pakistan’s “steadfast commitment to international peace and security and an effective and inclusive multilateral order”. In a statement to mark the International Day of Peace, he said unresolved disputes “continue to fuel regional and international insecurity”. Read More…
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A South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday as the allies discussed delayed Korean investments in the United States and Seoul’s potential role in regional security. Cho outlined Seoul’s willingness to contribute to efforts protecting navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Both sides also agreed to continue consultations on investment commitments and strategic cooperation. Read More…
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Saturday that Türkiye was ready to meet Saudi Arabia’s military needs amid ongoing Houthi attacks. He said the three countries’ defence pact provides for solidarity if any member faces an armed attack. Fidan also said Saudi Arabia should not be drawn into the US-Iran conflict, noting that Ankara had conveyed proposals to all sides to end the fighting. Read More…
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Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, has said the findings of a UN mission confirm that “what happened in Minab and Lamerd was a clear war crime, not an operational error.” Gharibabadi was referring to February’s deadly missile strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd. A UN-backed fact-finding mission said on Thursday that there were “reasonable grounds” to believe the US was behind the attacks and that they constituted war crimes. Read More…
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France will launch a process to ban products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday, amid rising settler violence that has further undermined prospects for a two-state solution with the Palestinians. “France is going to put an end to its commerce with Israeli settlements in Palestine, along with 11 other countries which have also undertaken similar engagements,” Barrot wrote on X. Read More…
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