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China-Taiwan: For the record. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) will conduct a maritime rescue drill the week of 13 September with China’s Maritime Search and Rescue Center, Taiwanese Central News Agency reported 10 September. The drill will be held in waters off southeastern China, between Taiwan’s Kinmen Island and Xiamen, China. Taiwan’s CGA will send …
China-Iran: China’s Railways Minister Liu Zhijun will visit Tehran on 12 September to sign a contract between Iran and a Chinese company to build a $2 billion rail link to Iran, according to Iranian Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani. Transport ministers from Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Iran are expected to gather in Dushanbe in October to firm …
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India-China: India conveyed its concerns to China on 3 September about an increase in the Chinese troop presence and activities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Embassy officials said Indian Ambassador to China S. Jaishankar met China’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhijun in Beijing to discuss India’s concerns. India news papers quoted government sources that 11,000 …
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China-Burma (Myanmar): Xinhua reported two Chinese navy ships from the 5th Escort Task Group — the Caohu and Guanhzhou – called at Myanmar’s Thilawa Port on 29 August. The visit is to last five days to promote good relations. Comment: This is the first time Chinese naval ships have called at a port in Burma. …
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Iraq: Insurgents conducted at least 34 coordinated attacks in 16 cities 0n 25 August. The bombings and other attacks killed 77 people and wounded nearly 400 more. Baghdad experienced five attacks. NIGHTWATCH Comment: The attacks showed the breadth of the insurgents’ operational area. They appear to be the work of a single group, apparently Sunni …
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Israel-Palestinian Authority: US Secretary of State Clinton said on 20 August that Israel and the Palestinians agreed to resume direct negotiations for the first time in 20 months. A senior PLO official said the Palestinians accepted the U.S. invitation to begin direct peace negotiations between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
Colombia: The Constitutional Court yesterday declared an agreement granting US military access to Colombian bases unconstitutional on procedural grounds. La Patilla reported the vote was 6-3 against the agreement, and Semana reported the court would soon give a press conference to explain the details. The constitutional court ruled the 2009 accord should be redrafted as …
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