The Court of Ministers on the migrant case: the “first-contact country” is that whose flag the ship flies. The responsibility for assigning a “safe haven” to ships carrying refugees rescued at sea lies with the “First-Contact Country”, which is not always easy to identify. However, if we wish to follow “literally” the indications that can be drawn from Conventions and agreements, “the first-contact state may only be considered that of the ship that provided for the rescue”; so if a boat that has picked up castaways is flying the German flag, it should turn to Germany to ask for permission to dock. Source Corriere
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
