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Al Arabiya
25-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Syria, US and France agree to engage in efforts to support Syria's transition
Syria, the United States, and France said in a joint statement on Friday that they had agreed to engage quickly on efforts to ensure success of Syria's transition, unity and territorial integrity. The three parties agreed on the need to ensure that Syria's neighbors do not pose a threat, and that Syria will not pose a threat to its neighbors.
NHK
09-07-2025
- Politics
- NHK
Canada FM says G7 ministers will meet again this year
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand says she and her Group of Seven counterparts plan to meet again in Canada this year to discuss Ukraine. Anand sat down with NHK for an exclusive interview in Tokyo on Wednesday. Canada is the current G7 chair. She said the details of the G7 foreign ministerial meeting are being finalized. She also said the ministers should be ensuring that "the principle of territorial integrity, the principle of sovereignty is one that Ukraine is allowed to make on its own." Anand said the meeting will follow the gathering of G7 foreign ministers she hosted in The Hague during the NATO summit two weeks ago. The G7 leaders summit in June ended without a joint statement on Ukraine. Canada appears willing to take up the Ukraine issue at a G7 foreign ministerial meeting. On US President Donald Trump's tariff measures, Anand said Canada's steel and aluminum sector as well as auto industry are being hit. She said Canadian businesses, workers and families are feeling the "visceral effect" of the tariffs on their daily lives. The minister said Canada's teams are working to reach agreement with the US by the July 21 deadline. Anand reacted sharply to Trump's suggestion that her country should become a US state, saying: "Canada will never be the 51st state. Period."
France 24
05-07-2025
- Politics
- France 24
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal won't appeal sentence, hopes for pardon
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence to Algeria 's supreme court, said sources close to the author on Saturday, adding that they remain hopeful for a pardon. The 80-year-old dual national writer was sentenced to five years behind bars on March 27 on charges related to undermining Algeria's territorial integrity over comments made to a French media outlet. On July 1, an Algerian appeals court upheld the sentence. "According to our information, he will not appeal to the supreme court," the president of the author's support committee, Noëlle Lenoir, told broadcaster France Inter on Saturday. "Moreover, given the state of the justice system in Algeria ... he has no chance of having his offence reclassified on appeal," the former European affairs minister said. "This means that the sentence is final." Sources close to Sansal told AFP that the writer had "given up his right to appeal". His French lawyer, Pierre Cornut-Gentille, declined to comment when contacted by AFP. France's prime minister François Bayrou said earlier this week that he hoped Algeria would pardon the author, whose family has highlighted his treatment for prostate cancer. But Sansal was not among the thousands pardoned by Algeria's president on Friday, the eve of the country's independence day. "We believe he will be released. It is impossible for Algeria to take responsibility for his death in prison," Lenoir said, adding she was "remaining hopeful". A prize-winning figure in North African modern francophone literature, Sansal is known for his criticism of Algerian authorities as well as of Islamists. The case against him arose after he told the far-right outlet Frontières that France had unjustly transferred Moroccan territory to Algeria during the colonial period from 1830 to 1962 – a claim Algeria views as a challenge to its sovereignty and that aligns with longstanding Moroccan territorial assertions. Sansal was detained in November 2024 upon arrival at Algiers airport. On March 27, a court in Dar El Beida sentenced him to a five-year prison term and fined him 500,000 Algerian dinars ($3,730). Appearing in court without legal counsel on June 24, Sansal said the case against him "makes no sense" as "the Algerian constitution guarantees freedom of expression and conscience". The writer's conviction has further strained tense France-Algeria relations, which have been complicated by issues such as migration and France's recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, a disputed territory claimed by the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.
Zawya
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Zawya
Guatemala Considers Autonomy Initiative as 'Only Serious, Credible and Realistic Basis' for Resolving Moroccan Sahara Regional Dispute
The Republic of Guatemala affirmed on Thursday that the autonomy initiative put forward by Morocco in 2007 is 'the only serious, credible and realistic basis to move towards a lasting agreement for a definitive settlement of this artificial conflict, in full respect of the Kingdom's territorial integrity and its national sovereignty.' This position was conveyed by Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Ramiro Martinez Alvarado, during a press briefing following his meeting in Rabat with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita. The Guatemalan top diplomat also expressed his country's full support for the Kingdom's efforts to reach a political, realistic, pragmatic, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to this regional dispute. Morocco and Guatemala also underlined their commitment to the sacred principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is worth noting that the Republic of Guatemala was the first Latin American country to open a Consulate General in the city of Dakhla, in December 2022. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Kingdom of Morocco - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates.
Reuters
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Bhumjaithai Party exits Thailand's coalition government
BANGKOK, June 18 (Reuters) - Thailand's Bhumjaithai Party on Wednesday announced its withdrawal from the coalition government, in a major setback for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's ruling coalition. The party, the second largest party in the alliance and holder of 69 seats in parliament, said its departure was due to the impact on the country of a leak of a phone call on Wednesday between Paetongtarn and Hun Sen, the influential former premier of Cambodia, with which Thailand is involved in a border dispute. "Bhumjaithai will work with all Thai people to support the army and officials who safeguard the sovereignty, territorial integrity and interests of Thailand in all ways," it said in a statement.
