A daily briefing on international relations
Gideon Sa'ar met Colombia's incoming vice president and cabinet in Cali this week, as the new administration signaled a warmer footing with Israel than its predecessor.
The three countries signed a trilateral mutual-defense treaty in Makkah, treating an attack on any one signatory as an attack on all three, while Mexico and Peru re-established diplomatic ties after a three-year rupture.
Foreign ministers from the Pacific Islands Forum's 18 members gathered in Suva to prepare for next month's leaders meeting, with peace and security, climate change, and economic development on the agenda.
Foreign ministers from Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye held their fifth R-4 meeting in Amman, while Japan and Panama agreed to deepen cooperation on the Panama Canal.
Tehran and Muscat discussed a short-term arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz as Washington signaled cautious optimism, Moscow eased a sanctions-related banking rule, and Saudi Arabia worked separately to keep a Houthi escalation from spreading.
A broad new Russia sanctions package cleared a Senate vote and heads toward the House, while a separate dispute tied to EU sanctions over the war in Ukraine prompted new Chinese export restrictions on European firms.
Washington and Tehran gave conflicting accounts of whether talks over the Strait of Hormuz are underway, even as both governments said intermediaries were keeping channels open.
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