President Moon Jae-in continued to hit back at Japan’s growing trade offensive against South Korea, stressing that attempts to impede the country’s growth will fail. “Japan can never get in the way of our economic leap,” Moon said at the start of a weekly meeting with senior presidential secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae, according to a press pool report, Monday afternoon. “If anything, it will only stimulate our determination to become an economic superpower.” Source The Koeran Times
OPEC+ headed for a clash with the U.S. as more members rejected President Joe Biden’s call for the group to raise oil production faster and help reduce gasoline prices. On Monday, Kuwait said the cartel should stick with its plan to increase output gradually because oil markets were well-balanced. That followed similar statements from other key members in recent days, including Iraq, Algeria, Angola and Nigeria. Source Al Jazeera
“If a state buys (weaponry) from us, it’s no longer a Turkish product. It might be manufactured in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine,” Cavusoglu told reporters after meeting his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome. “Turkey cannot be blamed for this,” he said. Source The Defence Post
Bulgaria has sent 350 additional military personnel to its border with Turkey amid rising migration levels. Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov told Bulgarian media that the troops were arriving to “support the border police”. Source EuroNews
