An armed clash in Sudan
1 Sudan During a special operation, carried out to detain several ISIS terrorists in the capital of Sudan, the city of Khartoum, a fire-fight between the local servicemen and the terrorists took place. 5 Sudanese special forces operatives were killed, 6 were injured. The special forces managed to detain 11 terrorists. 4 terrorists have escaped. The information about the actions of the ISIS in Sudan isn’t new at all. The terrorists use Sudan as a base of operations. So far, they haven’t carried out any major attacks inside Sudan. 2 Russia - Turkey The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the purchase of the Russian S-400 systems was caused by the refusal of the USA to sell their anti-aircraft missile systems ’Patriot’. In an interview to ’The New York Times’ he explained that if Washington agreed to sell the Patriot missile defense systems to Ankara - then he "would not have to buy the S-400s". Erdogan added that he sees the deal as worthwhile, even despite the tension with the USA over the deal. According to him - "Turkey has the right to buy weapons as it pleases, and fortify the Turkish defenses as it wants". Previously he held negotiations with Vladimir Putin. Among other things, he discussed "the joint steps in the military-defense industry". 3 The DPRK The ’Ryonghap’ news agency reported that the head of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, announced the restoration of the communications with South Korea starting from October. Earlier, while speaking at the UN General Assembly, the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in once again proposed to declare the end of the war on the Korean Peninsula, which will make it possible to achieve a significant progress in the denuclearization of the region. In a response, the deputy head of the department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, and a sister of Kim Jong-un - Kim Yeo-jong - noted that the DPRK is not only ready to proclaim peace with the South, but also restore the inter-Korean liaison office, and to hold a summit of the leaders of the countries “with mutual respect and fairness in relations between the parties" - end of quote. 4 Russia - Tajikistan - Afghanistan Moscow received reports about the movement of troops by Tajikistan and Afghanistan to their common border. Russia calls on Dushanbe and Kabul to search for a mutually acceptable option to resolve the current situation - the ’RIA NEWS’ reported with a reference to the Russian Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexei Zaitsev. 5 Belgium The EU special representative for the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajcak, announced in Brussels that an agreement had been reached between Serbia and Kosovo on the de-escalation. "After two days of intensive negotiations, we have reached an agreement on a de-escalation" - he stated on Twitter. Under the agreement, the special forces of the Kosovo police will leave their recently occupied positions. At the same time, the barricades set up by Serb residents of Kosovo will be dismantled. 6 China A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, Wu Qian, stated that the creation of the ’AUKUS’ partnership and any cooperation between the USA, the UK, and Australia in the matter of nuclear submarines will boost the arms race in the region, and threaten the security of the entire world. “The development of a cooperation of the USA, the UK, and Australia in the matters of nuclear submarines in any form, be it a rent, an export, a joint research and development, will significantly boost the arms race in the region. It will undermine the regional peace and stability, damage the international nuclear security efforts, and threaten the world peace and security" - Wu Qian stated and added that ’’China strongly condemns and strongly opposes it". Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.
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