Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Sept. 3, the day of a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. He’ll probably meet Xi in the afternoon. Japanese Foreign Ministry said by phone that nothing has been decided yet. Source Bloomberg
The Turkish president has announced a fresh offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria is just around the corner. But the US has warned that such action would harm efforts to destroy the “Islamic State” in the region. Source: Deutsche Welle
Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, is being investigated on suspicion of harming China’s security, China said on Thursday, days after a former Canadian diplomat was detained in an escalating diplomatic row. Source: Reuters
The sea phase of the bilateral Russian-Indian maritime exercise Indra Navy-2018, which involves Russia’s Pacific Fleet ships, starts in the Bay of Bengal today near the Indian port of Visakhapatnam, the Pacific Fleet press service reported on Thursday. Source: TASS
