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Nicolas Roche, France's General Secretariat for Defence and National Security, outside the Grand Hotel during the Bilderberg meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday June 12, 2025. The Bilderberg Group has booked the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm from June 10 to June 14.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

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China-Africa Summit - Beijing

Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, addresses a high-level meeting on peace and security of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, September 5, 2024. The meeting was co-chaired by Cai and Denis Sassou Nguesso, president of the Republic of Congo. Photo by Zhai Jianlan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China-Africa Summit - Beijing

Denis Sassou Nguesso, president of the Republic of Congo, speaks at a high-level meeting on peace and security of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, September 5, 2024. The meeting was co-chaired by Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Denis Sassou Nguesso, president of the Republic of Congo. Photo by Zhai Jianlan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eviction of Migrants at the park - Mexico

Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat, protect the streets surrounding the Giordano Bruno park, where personnel from the National Institute of Migration, carry out the eviction of migrants to transfer them to shelters. on May 19, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/ Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan PM's key aide in Beijing to coordinate Abe-Xi contact

BEIJING, China - Shotaro Yachi, head of Japan's National Security Secretariat, leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for Beijing on Nov. 6, 2014, for talks with Chinese officials over the format of dialogue between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Beijing next week.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (3rd from front in left row) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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2 Koreas begin 2nd round of high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean delegation, led by Kim Kyou Hyun (2nd from L), head of the secretariat of the National Security Council, is pictured in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2014, as it heads for a second round of high-level talks with North Korean officials at the border village of Panmunjeom. The two Koreas are discussing a broad range of bilateral issues including reunions of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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Japan, U.S. security advisers agree on closer bilateral cooperation

WASHINGTON, United States - Shotaro Yachi, head of the secretariat of Japan's new National Security Council, speaks to reporters in Washington on Jan. 17, 2014, after talks with U.S. State Secretary John Kerry. Yachi told reporters he discussed "various issues" with Kerry including the situation in East Asia but declined to go into further detail.

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Ex-top diplomat Yachi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi. The government is considering appointing Yachi as the first chief of the secretariat of the planned Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council, a government source said Nov. 2, 2013.

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CHINA-TIANJIN-YANG JIECHI-JAPAN-HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL DIALOGUE (CN)

(220818) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, co-chairs the ninth China-Japan high-level political dialogue with Takeo Akiba, secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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Ecuadorian prison riot leaves 41 inmates dead, 13 injured

STORY: Ecuadorian prison riot leaves 41 inmates dead, 13 injured DATELINE: May 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: Quito CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the prison STORYLINE: A prison riot in north-central Ecuador's Pichincha province has left at least 41 inmates dead and another 13 injured, the nation's prison management agency said Monday. The National Comprehensive Care Service for Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) updated an earlier report from the Attorney General's Office that had placed the death toll at 43 in the Regional Prison in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. According to a statement from the SNAI, the riot broke out at 2:00 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) in the prison's maximum security wing after a leader of a criminal ring was transferred there by court order. The agency added that members of the National Police force were able to regain full control of the prison and a specialized team from the government's Human Rights Secretariat was dispatched to the city's Crime Unit

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

(220403) -- ISLAMABAD, April 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Security personnel stand guard outside the National Assembly building in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 3, 2022. Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved Sunday the National Assembly at the request of the country's prime minister, said a statement from the president's secretariat. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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China's top diplomat Yang meets Abe aide Yachi to promote dialogue

Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the outset of their talks in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2015. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's top diplomat Yang meets Abe aide Yachi to promote dialogue

Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, head for their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2015. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's top diplomat Yang meets Abe aide Yachi to promote dialogue

Shotaro Yachi (far R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (2nd from L), hold a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2015. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese defense minister meets head of Japan's NSC secretariat

China's Defense Minister Chang Wanquan holds talks with Shotaro Yachi, the head of Japan's National Security Council secretariat, in Beijing on July 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM's top national security aide meets China's defense minister

Shotaro Yachi (far L), the first secretariat head of Japan's National Security Council, and Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan (far R) hold talks in Beijing on July 17, 2015. The two countries are seeking to set the stage for another meeting between their leaders, possibly in September. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM's top national security aide meets China's defense minister

Shotaro Yachi (L), the first secretariat head of Japan's National Security Council, and Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan shake hands before their talks in Beijing on July 17, 2015. The two countries are seeking to set the stage for another meeting between their leaders, possibly in September. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM's close aide holds talks with China's top diplomat

Shotaro Yachi (L), the secretariat head of Japan's National Security Council, and China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi pose for photos at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 16, 2015, prior to their talks. The visit by Yachi, one of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's most trusted aides, comes as Abe is considering visiting Beijing either before or after Sept. 3 for what would be his third round of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM's close aide hold talks with China's top diplomat

Shotaro Yachi (L), the secretariat head of Japan's National Security Council, and China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi (R) hold talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 16, 2015. The visit by Yachi, one of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's most trusted aides, comes as Abe is considering visiting Beijing either before or after Sept. 3 for what would be his third round of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe aide leaves for Washington to prepare for Japan-U.S. summit

Shotaro Yachi, secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, leaves for Narita International Airport outside Tokyo on March 15, 2015, to fly to Washington to prepare for summit talks between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama in late April or early May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM aide to lay groundwork for Abe-Putin summit

Shotaro Yachi, the secretariat head of Japan's National Security Council, is pictured at Narita airport east of Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2016, before leaving for Moscow to lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Japan in mid-December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga addresses a ceremony marking the launch of the economic team in the National Security Secretariat on April 6, 2020, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga addresses a ceremony marking the launch of the economic team in the National Security Secretariat on April 6, 2020, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China high-level talks

Shigeru Kitamura (L), secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, and Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, shake hands in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China high-level talks

Shigeru Kitamura (far L), secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, and Yang Jiechi (2nd from R), a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, hold talks in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China high-level talks

Shigeru Kitamura (far L), secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, and Yang Jiechi (far R), a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, hold talks in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China high-level talks

Shigeru Kitamura, secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, is pictured during his meeting with Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China high-level talks

Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, is pictured during his meeting with Shigeru Kitamura, secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China vice president, Japan nat'l security adviser

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan (R) and Shigeru Kitamura, secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, shake hands in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China vice president, Japan nat'l security adviser

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan (R) and Shigeru Kitamura, secretary general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, hold talks in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China high-level talks

Shotaro Yachi (L), head of Japan's National Security Secretariat, and Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party, shake hands ahead of their talks in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on Sept. 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China high-level talks in China

Shotaro Yachi (far L), head of Japan's National Security Secretariat, and Yang Jiechi (far R), a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party, hold talks in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on Sept. 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China high-level talks

Shotaro Yachi (L), head of Japan's National Security Secretariat, meets with Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party, in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on Sept. 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. officials affirm need for China to act on N. Korea

Thomas Shannon, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, meets with reporters in Tokyo on June 13, 2017. During his meeting with Shotaro Yachi, head of the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, the two agreed that China's role is important in tackling the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. officials affirm need for China to act on N. Korea

Thomas Shannon, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, meets with reporters in Tokyo on June 13, 2017. During his meeting with Shotaro Yachi, head of the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, the two agreed that China's role is important in tackling the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior Chinese diplomat Yang in Japan

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (front) gets in a car after holding talks with Shotaro Yachi (2nd from L), head of the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, in Hakone, a hot-spring resort near Tokyo on May 30, 2017. At far right is Japanese Ambassador to China Yutaka Yokoi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe's aide returns from Russia trip

Shotaro Yachi, head of the Japanese National Security Council's secretariat, is pictured at Narita airport east of Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2016, after returning from Russia, where he laid the groundwork for a summit meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin in December in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo