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EU Commission Weekly Meeting Readout - Brussels

EU Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on September 3, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the European Commission is preparing to approve a trade agreement with Latin American Mercosur countries, in a bid to convince Paris and reassure farmers. Adoption by European Commissioners is the first step before submitting this free trade agreement to Member States and Members of the European Parliament in the coming months. In particular, the agreement should allow the European Union to export more cars, machinery, and alcohol to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. In return, it would facilitate imports of South American meat, sugar, rice, honey, and soybeans, which would risk undermining some European agricultural sectors. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Commission Weekly Meeting Readout - Brussels

EU Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on September 3, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the European Commission is preparing to approve a trade agreement with Latin American Mercosur countries, in a bid to convince Paris and reassure farmers. Adoption by European Commissioners is the first step before submitting this free trade agreement to Member States and Members of the European Parliament in the coming months. In particular, the agreement should allow the European Union to export more cars, machinery, and alcohol to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. In return, it would facilitate imports of South American meat, sugar, rice, honey, and soybeans, which would risk undermining some European agricultural sectors. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Commission Weekly Meeting Readout - Brussels

EU Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on September 3, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the European Commission is preparing to approve a trade agreement with Latin American Mercosur countries, in a bid to convince Paris and reassure farmers. Adoption by European Commissioners is the first step before submitting this free trade agreement to Member States and Members of the European Parliament in the coming months. In particular, the agreement should allow the European Union to export more cars, machinery, and alcohol to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. In return, it would facilitate imports of South American meat, sugar, rice, honey, and soybeans, which would risk undermining some European agricultural sectors. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Commission Weekly Meeting Readout - Brussels

EU Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on September 3, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the European Commission is preparing to approve a trade agreement with Latin American Mercosur countries, in a bid to convince Paris and reassure farmers. Adoption by European Commissioners is the first step before submitting this free trade agreement to Member States and Members of the European Parliament in the coming months. In particular, the agreement should allow the European Union to export more cars, machinery, and alcohol to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. In return, it would facilitate imports of South American meat, sugar, rice, honey, and soybeans, which would risk undermining some European agricultural sectors. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kultaranta Talks -debate session - Naantali, Finland

First Aide-de-Camp Lieutenant colonel Ville Hukkanen (L) and President of Finland Alexander Stubb arrive to the annual Kultaranta Talks -debate session on foreign and security policy at the the President's summer residence Kultaranta in Naantali, Finland, on June 16, 2025. The annual talks of the foreign and security policy are hosted by Finnish President Alexander Stubb and the theme for year 2025 is the changing world order. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Kultaranta Talks -debate session - Naantali, Finland

First Aide-de-Camp Lieutenant colonel Ville Hukkanen (L), President of Finland Alexander Stubb and Mari-Kaisa Brander (R) Director of Communications and Member of the Cabinet of the President arrive to the annual Kultaranta Talks -debate session on foreign and security policy at the the President's summer residence Kultaranta in Naantali, Finland, on June 16, 2025. The annual talks of the foreign and security policy are hosted by Finnish President Alexander Stubb and the theme for year 2025 is the changing world order. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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UK: Gatwick Airport Evacuated Due To Security Incident

Passengers were evacuated at London Gatwick Airport on Friday, November 22 due to a security incident.

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PM Barnier Delivers General Policy Speech - Paris

Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS, NFP PS deputy talks to the after French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's general policy statement to the French National Assembly in Paris, France on October 1, 2024. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM Barnier Delivers General Policy Speech - Paris

Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS, NFP PS deputy talks to the after French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's general policy statement to the French National Assembly in Paris, France on October 1, 2024. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-"2+2" TALKS-CHINA

(240620) -- SEOUL, June 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong (2nd L) and Deputy Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission Zhang Baoqun (1st L), and South Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong-kyun (2nd R) and Director General of International Policy Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense Lee Seung-buhm, pose for a group photo prior to the first vice-ministerial level diplomatic and security "2+2" talks between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Seoul, South Korea, June 18, 2024. The talks were held here on Tuesday. Both sides briefed each other of their respective foreign and security policies and had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-ROK relations and international and regional issues of common concern. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-"2+2" TALKS-CHINA

(240620) -- SEOUL, June 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong (2nd L) and Deputy Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission Zhang Baoqun (1st L), and South Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong-kyun (2nd R) and Director General of International Policy Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense Lee Seung-buhm, pose for a group photo prior to the first vice-ministerial level diplomatic and security "2+2" talks between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Seoul, South Korea, June 18, 2024. The talks were held here on Tuesday. Both sides briefed each other of their respective foreign and security policies and had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-ROK relations and international and regional issues of common concern. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen during a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen during a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen during a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a trilateral meeting as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a trilateral meeting as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen during a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a trilateral meeting as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is seen during a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a trilateral meeting as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a trilateral meeting as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a trilateral meeting as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a trilateral meeting as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping And Ursula Von Der Leyen Meet At Elysee - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a trilateral meeting as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron is to host Xi Jinping for a state visit on May 6, 2024, seeking to persuade the Chinese leader to shift positions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and also imbalances in global trade. Xi's first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy. Photo by Eric Tschaen/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KAZAKHSTAN-ZHANATAS-WIND FARM-ENGINEER

(230517) -- ZHANATAS, May 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maksat Abilgaziev (1st R) talks to visitors at Zhanatas wind farm in Zhanatas, Kazakhstan, on May 15, 2022. China and Kazakhstan are pioneers in production capacity and investment cooperation, under the framework of the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and Kazakhstan's "Bright Road" new economic policy. The cooperation list includes 52 projects worth a total of more than 21.2 billion U.S. dollars. The 100-MW Zhanatas wind farm is one of the first batch of key energy projects under the China-Kazakhstan production capacity cooperation framework. The project was put into operation in June 2021, becoming Central Asia's largest wind farm at that time, greatly alleviating the power shortage in southern Kazakhstan. Maksat Abilgaziev, a resident of Zhanatas, had been an electrical engineer at a local phosphate mine company. He said he was impressed by the turbine, as its 60-meter-long blade covers an area as big as the London Eye observation wheel, ad

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China's top policy negotiator begins landmark Taiwan visit

TAOYUAN, Taiwan - China's Taiwan Affairs Council Minister Zhang Zhijun (L) and Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council Minister Wang Yu-chi shake hands at a hotel in Taoyuan County, Taiwan, on June 25, 2014, prior to their talks. The two sides held talks in Nanjing and Shanghai in February, the first intergovernmental talks since the Chinese Civil War ended 65 years ago.

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China's top policy negotiator begins landmark Taiwan visit

TAOYUAN, Taiwan - China's Taiwan Affairs Council Minister Zhang Zhijun (L) and Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council Minister Wang Yu-chi shake hands at a hotel in Taoyuan County, Taiwan, on June 25, 2014, prior to their talks. The two sides held talks in Nanjing and Shanghai in February, the first intergovernmental talks since the Chinese Civil War ended 65 years ago.

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New Keidanren head talks with economic policy minister

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, new chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), speaks during his first meeting with economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari at a Tokyo hotel on June 18, 2014. Sakakibara replaced Hiromasa Yonekura on June 3.

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U.S., China envoys on N. Korea meet in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Wu Dawei (L), Chinese special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, heads for a vehicle as Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, sees him off in New York after their first day of talks on April 14, 2014.

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N. Korea's Kim Kye Gwan returns home

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) arrives at Pyongyang's international airport on Feb. 27, 2012, from Beijing where he held talks with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, on Feb. 23 to 24. Ri Yong Ho (R), North Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on the country's denuclearization, was there to greet Kim.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel after holding talks with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on Feb. 24, 2012.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies (C), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel after holding talks with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on Feb. 24, 2012.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) arrives at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on the morning of Feb. 24, 2012, to resume talks with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is pictured at a Beijing hotel on the night of Feb. 23, 2012. He and Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, met for more than seven hours earlier in the day, holding talks at each other's embassy and having dinner together.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel ahead of resuming talks with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on the morning of Feb. 24, 2012.

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U.S. envoy Davies arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, arrives at Beijing airport on Feb. 22, 2012, for the first nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea since the death of its leader Kim Jong Il in December the previous year.

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Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands before their meeting in New York on Sept. 21, 2011. Noda, who took office in early September, held his first face-to-face talks with Obama and said the long-standing alliance between the two countries is the linchpin of his new government's diplomatic policy.

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Noda tells Obama Japan-U.S. alliance at core of diplomacy

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama meet in New York on Sept. 21, 2011. Noda, who took office in early September, held his first face-to-face talks with Obama and said the long-standing alliance between the two countries is the linchpin of his new government's diplomatic policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea start 2-day nuclear talks in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korean policy, and North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan shake hands in New York on July 28, 2011, before the start of two days of talks to explore ways to resume the stalled six-party denuclearization negotiations, the first such bilateral dialogue in 19 months.

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N. Korea positive about resuming stalled nuke talks

BEIJING, China - Wu Dawei, China's special envoy on Korean Peninsula policy, speaks to reporters after a meeting with North Korea's First Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan in Beijing on Oct. 12. 2010. Dawei said he felt North Korea is positive about resuming the six-nation talks which have been stalled since December 2008.

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U.S. wants 'meaningful results' for 6-party talks: envoy

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, holds talks with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Shin Kak Su (R) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2010.

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DPJ meets business lobby

TOKYO, Japan - The ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Business Federation, Japan's most powerful business lobby known as Keidanren, hold their first policy talks at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 5, 2010.

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U.S. envoy Bosworth leaves Seoul for N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korean policy, leaves a hotel in Seoul on Dec. 8, 2009, for Pyongyang to talk with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju. During his three-day visit to Pyongyang, Bosworth is expected to press North Korea to return to the dormant six-party talks on disbanding its nuclear arsenal.

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LDP, Rengo hold policy talks for 1st time in 3 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)(R side) and Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo)(L side), hold their first policy talks in about three and a half years on Nov. 1 at LDP headquarters in Tokyo. The meeting was held amid Japan's unemployment rate hitting a record-high 5.3% in September.

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Mori leaves for U.S. for talks with Bush

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) waves his hand before leaving on March 18 for Washington to hold his first summit with U.S. President George W. Bush, with the talks expected to focus on economic issues and bilateral security ties. A government jet carrying Mori and his entourage -- including Taro Aso, minister of economic and fiscal policy -- left Tokyo's Haneda airport in the evening. The premier will arrive in Washington on the afternoon of March 18, local time.

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Kim hopes G-8 summit discuss support for inter-Korean talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (R) talks with Taku Yamasaki, former policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on May 1 at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul. Kim said he hopes July's Group of Eight summit in Okinawa Prefecture will discuss results of the inter-Korean summit in June. The first-ever inter-Korean summit is scheduled for June 12-14 in Pyongyang, where Kim Dae Jung will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.