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Peru's foreign ministry says Peru and Mexico have resumed diplomatic relations, according to media reports.
Spain on Friday urged Italy to lift border checks on travelers from Spain before the end of Sunday, threatening 'proportionate measures' if Rome fails to comply. Italy reintroduced the checks on Aug. 1, citing irregular migration concerns following a mass influx into Ceuta.
China's defense ministry spokesperson Chen Xi on Friday slammed Japan's missile tests and expansion of long-range counterstrike capabilities as a 'real threat' to regional peace and stability, urging the international community to act against what he called Tokyo's neo-militarism.
Ukraine's NSDCIhor Klymenko met with Azerbaijan'sJeyhun Bayramov to discuss expanding defense-industrial cooperation under the Drone Deal initiative, along with energy security, critical infrastructure protection, and humanitarian projects, building on agreements reached during Zelensky's April visit to Baku.
LithuanianMindaugas Sinkevičius said the public should not be frightened by information about an allegedly growing threat from Russia, according to the news portal Delfi. He added that threats persist but citizens should not be additionally afraid.
ArmenianNikol Pashinyan said at the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting in Kyrgyzstan that Yerevan understands the impossibility of simultaneous membership in the EAEU and the EU, while stressing that strengthening cooperation with EAEU countries remains Armenia's foreign policy priority.
Iran's Parliament Speaker and Chief Negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf criticized what he described as US 'theater diplomacy on loop,' referring to President Donald Trump's pattern of announcing attacks and later calling them off.
A private Georgian company sent a fuel shipment to Abkhazia due to a fuel shortage in the country, GeorgianIrakli Kobakhidze told journalists. He said the procedure was carried out under Georgian law, specifically the law 'On Occupied Territories,' and stressed that the fuel was imported by business, not the state, adding that Georgia will continue to ease conditions for the local Georgian and Abkhaz populations where possible.
Russia is ready to exchange 224 Ukrainians convicted in Russia, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said. According to her, Kyiv is refusing to take back its citizens.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Egypt on Aug. 13-14, meeting President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and other senior officials, and co-chairing the 2nd Türkiye-Egypt Joint Planning Group meeting with Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty. Talks will cover bilateral ties, trade, energy, defense cooperation and regional developments.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement could expand beyond its three current members—Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan—and is open to "all brotherly countries" seeking peace, prosperity and stability in the region. He said the pact is built on collective deterrence to strengthen regional security.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visited the Turkish Armed Forces Libya Task Group Command in Tripoli, Libya.