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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - July 2015

Jul 2015

May 21, 2023

With Eye on Russia, Moldova Wants to Join EU as Soon as Possible

Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that the country was seeking membership of the European Union (EU) as soon as possible in order to gain protection from Russian threat. President Sandu said that she hoped for a decision to start negotiations in the next months.
Moldova is a small nation of 2.6 million people. It is situated between EU neighbour Romania and war-torn Ukraine.
Moldova is a former Soviet republic. It already has a breakaway region, Transnistria. Russia has stationed small number of troops there.

May 20, 2023

Montana Becomes First US State to Ban TikTok Completely

Amid a surge in security concerns, Montana became the first US state to put a complete ban on video-sharing social networking app TikTok.
The Republican Governor Greg Gianforte announced the ban on TikTok in Montana saying that it is done to protect Montanans' personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party.
The ban will likely be challenged in court, and the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned will get a chance to test its viability here.

Thailand's Move Forward Party Confident of Forming Stable Government

The leader of the progressive Move Forward Party in Thailand, Pita Limjaroenrat, said after a meeting with the coalition partners in Bangkok that he was confident that he can garner enough support from rivals to back his coalition and form a stable government. This came as the party defeated the military-backed rivals who have been in power for nearly a decade, paving the way for a new era in Thai politics.
So far, the reformist leader of the party said that eight parties have agreed to form a coalition government with him as the prime minister. The proposed coalition would have 313 seats in the House of Representatives marking a solid majority of the 376 votes needed in the 500-member parliament.

May 19, 2023

Ecuador President Dissolves Assembly

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections and heading off an attempt by opposition politicians to impeach him.
Opposition politicians wanted to impeach Lasso over accusations he disregarded warnings of embezzlement related to a contract at state-owned oil transportation company Flopec, charges the President denies.
Lasso said that the impeachment process, the first against an Ecuadorean President in decades, was politically motivated and sparked a grave crisis that has threatened democracy. The dissolution was necessary.

Central Asian Nations Forge Ties with China as Xi Jinping Offers 'Enduring' Friendship

Central Asian heads of state converged in China's historic city of Xian for one-on-one with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seal pledges of enduring friendship, paving the way for a summit expected to result in a regional pact with Beijing.
China is intensifying its economic and political engagement with the former Soviet states as Russia channels what remaining resources it has into the war in Ukraine. Some Central Asian states increasingly stand up to Moscow, with Kazakhstan not recognising Russian-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine to Tajikistan demanding more respect from the Kremlin.

May 18, 2023

Economist Ludovit Odor is Slovakia's Caretaker Prime Minister

Economist Ludovit Odor was made Slovakia's interim Prime Minister and will lead the country until early elections are held in September, after months of political infighting brought down the previous centre-right government.
Slovakia, a member of the European Union, the euro zone and NATO, has struggled with high inflation driven largely by the war in neighbouring Ukraine, and political turmoil after previous Prime Minister Eduard Heger's cabinet lost a no-confidence vote in December 2022.
Odor is a politically independent economist who came to the job straight from the board of the country's central bank.
Odor and his caretaker cabinet were picked by President Zuzana Caputova, a liberal pro-western politician, and are expected to maintain the previous cabinet's backing for western support of Ukraine, with the defence and foreign ministries to be led by experts from those departments.

Mumbai Ranks Sixth in Annual Housing Price Growth among 46 Cities Globally: Knight Frank

According to Knight Frank, Mumbai ranked 6th among 46 cities globally in terms of annual price growth of high-end residential properties with appreciation of 5.5 per cent. Real estate consultant Knight Frank India in its report 'Prime Global Cities Index Q1 2023' said that Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi registered an increase in average annual prices in January-March 2023.
The Prime Global Cities Index is a valuation-based index tracking the movement of prime residential prices across 46 cities worldwide. The index tracks nominal prices in local currency.

May 17, 2023

US Declares 1,419 Nuclear Warheads in Arsenal

In an attempt to pressure Russia to rejoin a bilateral treaty to limit number of nuclear weapons, the US declared that it has 1,419 deployed nuclear warheads in its arsenal.
The US Department of State released the information publicly although it had decided earlier not to share the data. The release follows a scare that spread on Ukrainian social networks that during the Russian strike on an ammunition depot in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine, a large batch of British depleted uranium (DU) tank ammunition was also destroyed.
In February 2023, Russia had walked out of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which had come into force in 2011 and was extended for a further five years in 2021. It limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the US and Russia can deploy.

Australia Quad Summit Cancelled

The leaders' meeting of the Quad in Canberra was cancelled, and the leaders will instead meet on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Japan. Australian PM Anthony Albanese made the announcement after he received a call from US President Joe Biden expressing his inability to make it to Australia due to the deadlock over debt limit in the US.
India is among the five developing countries invited to attend some of the deliberations of the G7 summit.

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