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Laos' president to pay official friendship visit to Myanmar

Laos' President Bounnhang Vorachitch will pay an official friendship visit to Myanmar soon, accompanied by Laos' first lady, according to an announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar on Tuesday.

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U.S. does not take position on competing sovereignty claims to land features in South China Sea: Kerry

​The United States does not take a position on the competing sovereignty claims to the land features of the South China Sea, said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday.

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China allows more foreign investment into capital market

Quotas of 81.1 billion U.S. dollars had been awarded under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) program by the end of May, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced on Tuesday.

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Chinese foreign minister to visit Canada, attend int'l meeting on Palestine

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Canada and attend an international meeting on Palestine in Paris from May 31 to June 4.

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Pakistan saddened over hanging of JI leader of Bangladesh

Pakistan Wednesday said it was deeply saddened over the hanging of Ameer Jamat e Islami Bangladesh Moti ur Rehman Nizami for the alleged crimes committed before December 1971 and termed it against the spirit of democracy.

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Bangladesh summons Pakistan envoy over Nizami death sentence

Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Pakistan High Commissioner in Dhaka Shuja Alam to lodge a formal protest over the statement issued by his country on an apex court verdict that paves the way for execution of the country's largest Islamist party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami.

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France, Germany supportive of new Libyan government

French and German Foreign Ministers on Saturday said their countries will support the new Libyan government.

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Top Russian, American diplomats agree to meet again over Syrian crisis

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday agreed to meet on Jan. 20 in Zurich, Switzerland, over international issues including Syrian crisis.

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Quadrilateral Afghan peace talks begin in Islamabad

Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday inaugurated the Quadrilateral Coordination Committee meeting on Afghan peace process in Islamabad.

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Saudi FM to visit Pakistan on anti-terror cooperation

Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel Bin Ahmed al-Jubeir will visit Pakistan on Jan. 7 for talks focusing on anti-terror cooperation, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

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ASEAN FMs satisfied with community building process

​Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed satisfactions over the ASEAN community-building process, but called for accelerated actions to complete the remaining tasks, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said here Tuesday.

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48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting kicks off in Malaysia

​The 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting opened here Tuesday, drawing foreign ministers and representatives from 10 Southeast Asian countries to focus on the establishment of the ASEAN Community by the end of this year.

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Community building, regional cooperation high on agenda of ASEAN ministerial meetings

​Foreign ministers from 10 ASEAN countries and their dialogue partners are gathering here for the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM), which is set to open on Tuesday, as well as a series of related regional meetings.

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Cambodian FM to attend ASEAN ministerial meeting in Malaysia

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat to be held on Jan. 27-28 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

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Russia hopes U.S. to influence Ukraine on stop of violence

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation Saturday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to cast influence on Ukraine and help halt the violence there.

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S.Korea sets up int'l dialogue mechanism on DPRK issue

South Korea on Tuesday officially launched"the Korean Peninsula Club", a dialogue mechanism involving 21 countries, to strengthen international communication and cooperation on issues about Democratic People's Republic of Korea ahead of the upcoming family reunion between the two sides, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

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Chinese foreign minister to visit Africa

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Ethiopia, Djibouti, Ghana and Senegal from Jan. 6 to 11, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a daily press briefing here on Thursday.