Other news of the day: tense calm after the violent clashes in Manipur, which left a balance of 58 victims. Record temperatures in Vietnam. Security agreements between China, Pakistan and Afghanistan to boost trade, while Turkmenistan sends liquefied gas to Islamabad. 20 Indonesian victims of human trafficking have been recovered in Myanmar.
SYRIA
After more than a decade, Syria has rejoined the Arab League. She was expelled in 2011 after the bloody repression of the protests that triggered the civil war. The organization’s secretary general, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said this is the beginning of a process to resolve the Syrian crisis, which will be “gradual.” More than 300,000 civilians died during the conflict and 100,000 disappeared or were imprisoned.
INDIA
The situation remains tense in the Indian state of Manipur, the epicenter of serious ethnic clashes in recent days. The death toll rose to 58 and there are dozens of thousands of internally displaced. For her part, the Supreme Court announced that as of today it will attend to some resources. Violence broke out between the indigenous (mostly Christian) tribes and the majority Meitei community, which had asked to be included in the Scheduled Tribes.
CHINA – AFGHANISTAN – PAKISTAN
At a meeting of foreign ministers in Islamabad, the three countries pledged to strengthen cooperation security and the fight against terrorism. China, which has already invested billions of dollars in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, could also invest in Afghanistan’s copper and lithium reserves.
INDONESIA
Indonesian authorities rescued 20 victims of human trafficking in Myawaddy district, Myanmar, where fighting between the coup army and resistance groups has intensified. Thanks to the work of the embassies, Indonesian citizens, who were forced to work in the Internet scam industry, were transferred to Thailand.
VIETNAM
In Vietnam they registered record temperatures of 44.1 degrees. The farmers explained that the increase in temperatures forces them to start working in the fields very early in the morning because it becomes unbearable afterwards. The city of Danang, in the central region, has called on Vietnam’s industry and electricity ministries to “cooperate to deal with heat, possible drought and water shortages.”
KAZAKHSTAN
The Astana court sentenced Gulmira Satybalda, ex-wife of Kayrat Satybalda, nephew of Nazarbaev, former president of Kazakhstan, to seven years in prison for abuse of power and kidnapping, stripping her of all state honors and with the obligation to compensate the victims for the material and psychological damage inflicted.
TURKMENISTAN – PAKISTAN
Turkmenistan has begun to supply liquefied gas to Pakistan passing through the territory of Afghanistan but without specifying the costs of the operation, according to Afghan newspapers such as The Kabul Times. The gas passes through the Kandahar mountains, with great benefits for Kabul as well, according to the president of the Mohmand Chamber of Commerce.
