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BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) — Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, attended and delivered a speech at the 2025 China-US Youth Friendship Event "Connecting with Gulin" at the China People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries on Thursday.

Peng Liyuan watched a video about the China-US Youth Choir Week “Connecting with Gulin” with Chinese and foreign guests. Elin MacInnis, coordinator of the American organization “Friends of Gulin,” and Luca Berrone, a friend of President Xi Jinping from the US state of Iowa, shared stories about Gulin, as well as their experiences in people-to-people exchanges and regional cooperation between China and the US. They expressed deep feelings for China, thanked President Xi Jinping for his attention to the youth of both countries, and vowed to make new contributions to promoting China-US friendship.

Representatives of American youth shared joyful impressions of their trip to China. They expressed their desire to become ambassadors of friendship between the USA and China of the new generation and continuers of the exciting stories of friendship between the two countries.

In her speech, Peng Liyuan noted that the century-long “Gulin story” and the deep 40-year friendship between President Xi Jinping and old friends from Iowa have become the embodiment of friendship between the Chinese and American people.

Although the two countries have different histories, cultures and languages, the Chinese and Americans love their families, are kind, friendly, hardworking and practical, which means they are quite capable of becoming good friends and partners, the wife of the Chinese president emphasized.

According to Peng Liyuan, in the more than a year since President Xi Jinping put forward the initiative to invite 50,000 American youth to China for exchanges and studies over the next five years, many young Americans have already visited China. They have personally experienced the real China, made new friends, and are writing new pages in the annals of Sino-American friendship.

Stressing that young people are the future of the country and the future of friendship, Peng Liyuan called on young people to be the successors of China-US friendship, advocate for peace and friendship, build bridges of friendship between the two countries, and bring youthful energy to the bright future of China and the US.

Before the event, Peng Liyuan met with E. McInnis and L. Barrone, expressing her gratitude to them for their long-standing dedication to the cause of China-US friendship and calling on them to make active contributions to strengthening exchanges and mutual understanding between the peoples of the two countries. –0–

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LJUBLJANA, July 17 (Xinhua) — The Slovenian government on Thursday declared Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich personae non gratae, claiming that the two far-right ministers are inciting violence and gross violations of Palestinian rights with their "genocidal" statements.

Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon noted that Slovenia was the first EU member state to take such measures against two Israeli ministers.

The decision came after EU foreign ministers failed to reach a consensus on joint action against Israel during a meeting in Brussels on July 15.

Slovenia, which officially recognized the State of Palestine in June 2024, criticizes Israel's intense military operations in the Gaza Strip. Ljubljana calls on the Jewish state to immediately stop the offensive and allow rapid and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. –0–

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BUDAPEST/WARSAW, July 17 (Xinhua) — Poland has officially recalled its ambassador to Hungary, the Polish Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday.

Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski told the Polish Press Agency that the mission of Ambassador to Hungary Sebastian Kenczyk officially ended on July 15. “There is currently a temporary chargé d’affaires in Budapest,” Wronski said, signaling a reduction in the level of Poland’s diplomatic presence in Hungary.

Warsaw described the decision as a response to a “hostile act against the Republic of Poland,” referring to Hungary’s decision to grant political asylum to former Polish Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Romanowski.

Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry State Secretary Levente Magyar acknowledged the downgrade in diplomatic relations in a statement on Wednesday, expressing regret over the developments but calling them temporary.

“This unfortunate step is the result of a gradual deterioration in our political ties – an unprecedented case in the history of our relations with any partner in Central Europe,” L. Magyar noted.

The current case highlights the growing political rift between two countries that once closely aligned their positions on many EU policy issues. –0–

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LJUBLJANA, July 17 (Xinhua) — The Slovenian government on Thursday declared Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich personae non gratae, claiming that the two far-right ministers are inciting violence and gross violations of Palestinian rights with their "genocidal" statements. –0–

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Moscow, July 17 /Xinhua/ — Russia views China as a priority partner in the international arena, and the two countries' approaches to key international issues coincide or are close, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in response to a question from a Xinhua correspondent on Thursday.

“We view each other as priority partners in the international arena, and the approaches of Moscow and Beijing to fundamental issues of the modern world order and key international problems coincide or are close,” she said.

As M. Zakharova noted, the Russian-Chinese link is the main stabilizing factor in world affairs. “In conditions when the adherents of unilateralism in international relations are trying to maintain their positions, we advocate the promotion of a fair multipolar world order based on the countries of the Global South,” the Russian diplomat emphasized, adding that an important step on this path is the construction of a space of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Russia and China fruitfully cooperate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, the Group of Twenty (G20), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and other international formats. “We are strengthening cooperation between our countries and the countries of the Global South and East in the UN,” she added.

According to M. Zakharova, one of the key goals of cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is to promote the reform of international architecture with a view to increasing the role of the world majority countries in the decision-making process on issues on the global agenda.

She also recalled that the Russian foreign policy concept sets out the goal of concentrating creative efforts on those geographic vectors that have obvious prospects in terms of expanding mutually beneficial international cooperation. These, as the official representative emphasized, include the states of the Global South and East. “Many of them are noticeably raising their voices in world affairs, pursuing independent policies based on national interests,” M. Zakharova noted. –0–

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Kyiv, July 17 /Xinhua/ — The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday approved the composition of the country's new government, headed by Yulia Svyrydenko, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.

Mikhail Fedorov has been appointed First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation.

Alexey Sobolev headed the newly created united department – the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture.

Parliamentarians appointed Taras Kachka, who previously held the post of Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Representative of the country, as Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine.

Svetlana Grinchuk has been appointed head of the Ministry of Energy. Before this appointment, she held the post of Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources. At the same time, former Minister of Energy German Galushchenko has been appointed head of the Ministry of Justice.

Y. Svyrydenko's predecessor as Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, has become the head of the Ministry of Defense.

Denis Ulyutin, who previously held the position of First Deputy Minister of Finance, has been appointed Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity.

Several members of the previous cabinet of ministers were reassigned to their previous posts.

On Wednesday, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Prime Minister D. Shmyhal from his post. In accordance with Ukrainian law, the dismissal of the head of government entailed the resignation of all members of the Cabinet. On Thursday, the parliament appointed Yulia Svyrydenko, who previously held the post of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, as the new Prime Minister. –0–

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KYIV, July 17 (Xinhua) — Ukraine's Prime Minister-designate Yulia Svyrydenko outlined the work priorities of her future government on Facebook on Thursday.

According to her, the Cabinet of Ministers will take a course towards ensuring military, economic and social self-sufficiency of Ukraine, the positive results of which will be felt by every citizen of the country.

Yu. Sviridenko noted that during the first six months of work, the new government will have to increase the volume of production of domestic weapons, establish high-quality supplies for the Ukrainian army and increase its level of technological advancement.

Separately, the head of government promised to support Ukrainian entrepreneurs through comprehensive deregulation, ending pressure on business, accelerating “big” privatization and further implementing effective instruments for providing assistance.

Yu. Sviridenko also expressed her intention to optimize the state apparatus and reduce budget expenditures.

Earlier on Thursday, the Verkhovna Rada approved 39-year-old Yulia Svyrydenko as the Prime Minister of Ukraine. Before this appointment, she held the post of First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the country. Yulia Svyrydenko became the second woman in the history of independent Ukraine after Yulia Tymoshenko to head the government.

By the end of the day, parliamentarians are also expected to appoint a new cabinet. –0–

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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 17 (Xinhua) — The BRICS Media and Think Tank Forum on Wednesday unveiled an initiative on cooperation and development in artificial intelligence (AI), calling for joint efforts to use AI in news content production and think tank research.

The initiative forms an important consensus on jointly building a new architecture of international communication, on deepening cooperation to jointly build new models of industrial interaction, and on using intelligent manufacturing to jointly create a new system of knowledge exchange.

Participants agreed that the technological revolution in artificial intelligence is changing the global information and communication landscape, creating new opportunities for digital transformation in the Global South while at the same time increasing systemic risks such as technological monopoly and data hegemony.

Based on this, the forum participants noted, the BRICS media and think tanks should rely on the development realities of the Global South and create a paradigm of cooperation that involves joint technological research, the development of common standards and collective discussion of governance issues so that AI achievements benefit all of humanity.

The event also called on BRICS media and think tanks to use this initiative as a starting point to provide countries in the Global South with practical examples of how to harness digital opportunities and advance the transformation of the international order through information interaction and the formation of a common discourse, thus jointly writing a new chapter in the history of the symbiosis of civilizations in the era of artificial intelligence. –0–

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St. Petersburg, July 17 /Xinhua/ — Two unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the Leningrad Region, the region's governor Alexander Drozdenko said on his Telegram channel on Thursday.

According to him, the attack was repelled in the Kirovsky district, after which the air threat regime was lifted in the region.

Earlier on Thursday, temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft were introduced at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport to ensure flight safety. –0–

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St. Petersburg, July 17 /Xinhua/ — A man who was collecting information on behalf of Ukrainian special services has been detained in St. Petersburg, the press service of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region reported on Thursday.

It is reported that the Russian citizen proactively established contact with Ukrainian special services and subsequently collected information about the facilities of the Leningrad naval base of the Baltic Fleet and military units of the Leningrad Military District with the aim of undermining the country's defense capability.

The detainee was taken into custody, and a criminal case was opened on assistance to terrorist activity. –0–

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