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BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — A delegation from the China Animal Husbandry Association (CALHA) recently visited Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to conduct academic exchanges and learn about the livestock development situation in these countries, according to a report published in China's Farmer's Daily on Tuesday.

The delegation included a total of 29 people from 23 enterprises and institutions related to agriculture, including the donkey breeding branch of ARC, China Agricultural University, Dong-EE-Jiao Co., Ltd., the camel breeding branch of ARC and Shanghai Jiaotong University.

In Kyrgyzstan, the delegation visited the Center for Export Development and Promotion under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Livestock and Pastures, as well as the highland pastures of this country.

In Kazakhstan, the delegation members visited the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the Kazakhstan Association of Small and Medium Businesses, as well as agricultural bases and farms in the vicinity of Astana.

The delegation members stated that the current study tour to Central Asia allowed them to become familiar with the state of affairs in the development of camel and donkey breeding industries in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, with the development trends of cattle breeding, sheep breeding, horse breeding in these countries, and also deepened their understanding of various aspects related to industrial policy, resources and international trade.

According to them, the trip to Central Asia will help them better advance the work on transforming and modernizing China's livestock industry, improving the quality and efficiency of the country's development in this sector. -0-

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BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — China's Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management on Tuesday jointly allocated 170 million yuan (about 23.8 million U.S. dollars) to support disaster relief efforts in seven regions hit by recent natural disasters.

Since August 9, heavy rains have hit a wide area from Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China to Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces in the east, causing floods and geological disasters.

The allocated funds are intended to support Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Gansu provinces and Chongqing city in their efforts to carry out emergency rescue and disaster relief work, focusing on search and rescue, relocation and accommodation of affected people, identification and elimination of hidden threats and hazards associated with secondary disasters, and reconstruction of damaged residential buildings, the official statement said. -0-

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Baku, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan held a telephone conversation on Tuesday dedicated to the implementation of the Joint Declaration signed in Washington in early August, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported.

During the conversation, the parties focused on promoting confidence-building measures and discussing key regional issues, confirming their readiness to continue direct dialogue aimed at strengthening peace.

The conversation took place after a trilateral meeting on August 8 in Washington, where Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and US President Donald Trump signed a Joint Declaration following the summit. On the same day, D. Bayramov and A. Mirzoyan initialed a draft agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations, and also jointly appealed to the Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) with a request to terminate the OSCE Minsk process. –0–

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Baku, Aug. 12 /Xinhua/ — Azerbaijan Railways recorded an 80 percent year-on-year increase in the number of freight trains from China in the first seven months of 2025, with 225 block trains arriving in Azerbaijan from China, the company said on Tuesday.

During the reporting period, approximately 24,000 TEU (twenty-foot container equivalent units) of cargo were transported, which is almost double the volume handled in the first seven months of 2024. This reflects the steady growth of trade along the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route).

Over the past year, Azerbaijan Railways recorded the arrival of 287 block trains from China. By the end of 2025, the company predicts the arrival of more than 400 trains, highlighting the growing importance of the corridor. –0–

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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — The Seoul Central District Court has issued an arrest warrant for Kim Gun-hee, the wife of former South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol, who is in custody on charges of sedition and other crimes, the special prosecutor's team in charge of her case said Tuesday evening.

The court issued the warrant at the request of the special prosecutor's team based on charges of violating the capital market law, the political fund law and the bribery by intermediary law. The court explained that the measure was aimed at preventing Kim Gun-hee from destroying evidence.

Kim Gun-hee was placed under arrest at the South Seoul Detention Center, where she was awaiting a court decision after attending a hearing on her detention.

This case became the first in the country's constitutional history when a former presidential couple found themselves in custody at the same time.

Yun Seok-yeol has been held in a separate detention center since July 10 on charges of rebellion related to his brief imposition of martial law last December.

Kim Kun-hee, in turn, is suspected of involvement in stock price manipulation, interference in the nomination of candidates for the 2022 parliamentary by-elections, and receiving expensive gifts from the Unification Church in exchange for business favors. –0–

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TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said in Tehran on Tuesday that Iran could hold direct talks with the United States on its nuclear program if conditions are favorable, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.

“Iran is ready for negotiations on equal terms, since negotiations are designed to protect the interests of both sides,” M.R. Aref told reporters. “If the conditions are suitable, negotiations can even take place in a direct format,” he added.

He noted that Iran is in no way opposed to negotiations, but will not agree to those that only impose the intentions of the United States.

He said Iran had made it clear to the US that it intended to build trust, “but it seems as if they [the Americans] are pretending to be asleep.”

The First Vice President also noted that some Western countries have turned the issue of Iran's nuclear program into a political project, adding that "the 'zero enrichment' option is a big joke."

On June 13, two days before the start of the sixth round of proxy talks on Iran's nuclear program with the United States, Israel launched massive airstrikes on several Iranian sites, including nuclear and military facilities, killing senior military officials, nuclear scientists and scores of civilians. Iran responded with several waves of missile and drone strikes against Israel.

On June 22, the US military bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities in Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan. Iran responded by striking the US Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

On June 24, after a 12-day war, a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel.

In recent days, Washington has repeatedly demanded that Iran completely stop enriching uranium, but Tehran has categorically rejected this demand. –0–

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BUDAPEST, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — The European Union should not set conditions for talks to which its leaders have not been invited, but should initiate its own summit with Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday, explaining why his country did not join the EU leaders' joint statement on Ukraine.

Earlier in the day, the 26 EU member states adopted a declaration welcoming US President Donald Trump's stated efforts to help end the conflict in Ukraine ahead of the American leader's planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska later this week. Hungary was the only EU country not to endorse the document.

“The declaration attempts to set conditions for a meeting to which EU leaders were not even invited,” Orban wrote on social media. “The fact that the EU was left out is sad enough in itself.”

He added that the only sensible step would be to initiate an EU-Russia summit, following the example of the planned US-Russia meeting. “Let’s give peace a chance,” the prime minister suggested.

The declaration issued by the EU says that a “just and lasting peace” must be based on international law, including respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and that borders cannot be changed by force. EU leaders reaffirmed their readiness to continue political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support for Ukraine, including its right to self-defence and its course towards EU membership.

Trump and Putin are scheduled to meet in Alaska on August 15 to discuss a possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and ways to improve bilateral relations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and EU officials were not invited to the talks. –0–

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AMMAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — Jordan held a trilateral meeting with Syria and the United States on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Syria, according to a statement released by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry.

The ministry reported that the meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman al-Safadi, Foreign Minister of the Syrian transitional government Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, US Ambassador to Turkey and US Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, as well as representatives of relevant departments of the three countries.

According to the statement, the parties stressed that the province of As-Suwayda remains an integral part of Syria and noted the importance of protecting the rights of its residents in the restoration of a unified state with broad citizen participation.

The department specified that the meeting participants agreed to meet again in the coming weeks to continue the discussion and respond to the Syrian authorities' request to create a tripartite working group, the purpose of which will be to consolidate the ceasefire in the province of As-Suwayda and advance the settlement of the crisis.

As noted in the document, Jordan and the United States welcomed steps by the Syrian authorities, including an investigation into recent violations in the province, cooperation with UN institutions, an increase in humanitarian aid, the restoration of affected areas, the return of displaced persons and the promotion of civil peace.

The two countries also called for increased international efforts to rebuild Syria.

The talks were a continuation of a meeting that took place on July 19 in Amman and was dedicated to securing the ceasefire in the province of As-Suwayda in southern Syria and resolving the crisis in the region. –0–

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Yerevan, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — The Armenian-American military exercises "Eagle Partner 2025" kicked off in Armenia on Tuesday, the press service of the country's Defense Ministry reported.

At the opening ceremony, the participants of the exercises were welcomed by the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia Edward Asryan and the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Christina Kvien.

The exercises, which will last until August 20, are being held in preparation for international peacekeeping missions. They involve servicemen from the peacekeeping brigade of the Armenian Armed Forces, the US Army in Europe and Africa, and the National Guard of the US state of Kansas.

The joint exercises are aimed at increasing the level of interaction between units participating in international peacekeeping operations, exchanging best practices in management and tactical communications, and improving the training of the Armenian peacekeeping unit. Particular attention is paid to practicing medical evacuation procedures when performing peacekeeping tasks. –0–

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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appointed 14 young climate leaders to the third term of his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, according to a press release from the office of the spokesman for the secretary-general.

As follows from the document, the Secretary-General, recognizing the critical importance of the voice of youth and the contribution of previous members of the Youth Advisory Group, expanded its composition from 7 to 14 members. The justification cited alarming global trends: shrinking civil society space and funding constraints that put young activists at risk and prevent them from fully engaging in climate initiatives.

According to a press release, the group provides the UN Secretary-General with practical and results-oriented recommendations, diverse youth perspectives and concrete proposals to support the world body's work to accelerate global action to tackle the climate crisis.

The group includes representatives from all geographic regions, the statement said. The appointment of the new group, timed to coincide with International Youth Day (12 August), comes at a critical time for climate action: this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. –0–

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