The ministerial conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process concluded here Wednesday on a positive note as Pakistan and India agreed to resume official dialogue after nearly nine years' hiatus.
China and Japan agreed to continue discussions on an early start of an air and maritime contact mechanism in their fourth round of high-level consultations on maritime affairs.
Chinese vice president Li Yuanchao met with a British delegation attending the eighth China-UK Leadership Forum in Beijing on Wednesday.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Tuesday to defuse the heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's top presidential security advisor said after a total of 43 hours of marathon talks with his DPRK counterpart in the truce village of Panmunjom.
French President Francois Hollande and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani both agreed to reinforce bilateral cooperation following the conclusion of the agreement in Vienna, said Thursday Hollande's presidential office, the Elysee, in a press release.
India Monday said it hoped to take forward steps agreed by the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers recently to fight terrorism and strengthen peace along the border, said local media.
Chilean soccer star Arturo Vidal, who crashed his Ferrari under the effects of alcohol and insulted police authorities on June 16, agreed to donate sports equipment to compensate his infractions, local media reported Wednesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo agreed here Wednesday to further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between their two countries.
India and Sri Lanka Monday agreed to strengthen traditional ties while seeking a new horizon for bilateral relations on the first day of the visit by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to India.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said leaders of Normandy quartet (Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine) have agreed to meet in Minsk next Wednesday, provided that certain positions are agreed upon by then, Interfax news agency reported Sunday.
Head of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhang Zhijun, and Taiwan's mainland affairs chief, Wang Yu-chi, on Wednesday agreed to promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin vowed to enhance energy cooperation on Sunday.
Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) plan to meet next week in China over the abduction of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s as the DPRK agreed earlier to launch new investigations, according to local media Wednesday.
Peace negotiation between the government's Peace-Making Work Committee (PMWC) and ethnic armed groups' National Cease-fire Coordination Team (NCCT) continued in Yangon, with the two sides coordinating stances on 45 sticking points left to be agreed upon after previous talks, local media reported Thursday.
The United States and the European Union on Tuesday agreed on more sanctions on Russia in response to what they called its "destabilization" moves in eastern Ukraine.
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem said Sunday that the second round of talks in the Geneva II conference hasn't failed, according to the official SANA news agency.
DPRK proposed Monday to South Korea to hold the working- level contacts between Red Cross officials within this week, Seoul' s Unification Ministry said.
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