US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a series of agreements aimed at stabilizing relations between Washington and Beijing during the first visit by a US president to the People’s Republic of China since 2017, the White House said in a statement.
The two leaders agreed that the US and China should pursue what they described as a constructive relationship based on strategic stability, fairness and reciprocity, said the statement.
Trump is expected to welcome Xi to Washington, DC this fall, while both governments said they would support each other as hosts of the G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summits later this year.
The talks also covered major international security issues.
According to the statement, Trump and Xi agreed that Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon and called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying no country or organization should be allowed to impose tolls there.
An Israeli law allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners took effect after the head of the army’s Central Command signed the required military order, local media reported.
According to The Times of Israel news portal, Maj.
Avi Bluth signed the order necessary to enact the measure in the occupied West Bank.
Under the military order, courts presiding over the prosecution of attacks that resulted in Israeli deaths must apply the death penalty as “the only available sentence” unless the court finds “special circumstances” allowing for life imprisonment instead.
The law was passed by the Knesset in March, making the death penalty the default punishment for Palestinians accused of carrying out lethal attacks against Israelis.
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has warned that the US, China and Russia all prefer a fragmented Europe because a united EU represents a geopolitical force capable of challenging major powers.
Speaking at the Lennart Meri Conference in the Estonian capital Tallinn, Kallas said the EU's collective strength is precisely why external powers have sought to undermine it.
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