CHINESE President Xi Jinping held talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Beijing on Saturday, expressing the readiness to work with the new Indonesian government to continue promoting self-improvement, solidarity and win-win cooperation among major developing countries. Prabowo is in China for a state visit at the invitation of Xi. Xi noted that Prabowo visited China in his first overseas trip right after he was elected in March and chose China as the first country to visit after taking office, which speaks volumes about the great importance he attaches to developing relations with China and demonstrates the high level and strategic nature of China-Indonesia relations. “China is willing to work with the new Indonesian government to build on past achievements, promote building a community with a shared future with regional and global influence, and continue to write a new chapter of seeking self-improvement via solidarity, and boosting coordination and mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation among major developing countries,” said Xi. — Xinhua

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Putin ratified a treaty with North Korea promising mutual military assistance in case of attack.

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation to ratify a bilateral treaty with North Korea, which includes a promise of mutual military assistance if either country is attacked, state media reported.

Tass on Saturday reported Putin’s signing of the law on ratification of the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty between Moscow and Pyongyang.

Putin signed the deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his visit to North Korea in June this year and Putin submitted it to the Russian State Duma for ratification on 15 October. The lower and upper houses of the Russian parliament had earlier approved the bill for ratification.

The preamble to the treaty states that the document meets the fundamental interests of the peoples of Russia and North Korea “and contributes to ensuring peace, regional and global security and stability,” Tass reported.

The treaty stipulates that if one of the parties is subjected to an armed attack the other will deploy all means in its possession to provide military and other assistance, without delay, in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter. — ANI

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CHINESE President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on BRICS countries to work for high quality development of greater BRICS cooperation.

In a speech addressing the 16th BRICS Summit, Xi said the ongoing BRICS summit has decided to invite a number of nations to become partner countries. He hailed the decision as another important development in the course of BRICS development.

Xi called on BRICS members to build the multilateral mechanism into a major venue of solidarity and cooperation for the Global South and a vanguard force for global governance reform.

He called on the BRICS members to build BRICS for peace and act as guardians of common security, urging the BRICS countries to uphold the three principles of no expansion of the battlefield, no escalation of fighting and no provocation by any party, to work for de-escalation of the Ukraine crisis as soon as possible.

Xi called on the BRICS members to build BRICS for innovation and act as pioneers for high-quality development.

— Xinhua

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SENIOR General Min Aung Hlaing underscored that ministries have to implement missions and visions successfully, emphasizing significant measures of national plans.

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivered a speech at the Union government meeting 7/2024 at the Office of the SAC Chairman in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.

Speaking on the occasion, the Senior General highlighted that emphasis must be placed on the implementation of missions and visions step by step, with full responsibility and accountability for the achievement of assigned duties.

He stressed that the census collection and other preparations aim to hold an election successfully with a systematic plan.

He continued that population and household census must be enumerated as a national cause, and arrangements are being made to collect the census in the remaining areas on the security ground.

Concerning the recent flash floods, the Senior General recounted that the recent flash floods have killed 444 persons in addition to animals, destroying homes and buildings, roads and bridges, vehicles and machinery, acknowledging relief and rehabilitation efforts of well-wishers and charity organizations.

He disclosed that cash donations of public participation amounted to more than K53 billion to rehabilitate flood-affected areas. He recognized the aid of well-wishers in individuals and groups.

In the culture sector, the Senior General noted that the Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competition aims to preserve Myanmar’s traditional cultural heritage and ensure its continuity for future generations.

He instructed ministries and regional and state chief ministers to report on measures in border regions to the Union government in time. Then, the State would be able to give necessary directives or fulfil necessary requirements.

He stressed the need to efficiently utilize the sound foundations of the nation to manufacture products based on agriculture and livestock farming tasks. He added that better techniques from foreign countries are needed to operate agriculture and livestock farms successfully.

The Senior General underlined that it would provide opportunities and technology to businesspersons to operate the manufacturing sector based on timber, bamboo, rattan, and other forest products aimed at producing export commodities.

In the fishery sector, he instructed officials to allow offshore and onshore fishery under discipline and encourage shrimp farming tasks to be developed in order to increase the export volume of marine products.

In the cotton production sector, he emphasized that Magway, Sagaing and Mandalay regions have to lead the operation of industries based on cotton so as to supply threads to textile industries in all regions and states while reducing the import volume of textiles and fabrics.

In the education sector, the Senior General pointed out that at a time when basic education schools which were temporarily closed due to natural disasters will be opened, efforts must be made to keep the schools neat and tidy.

Teachers need to teach students during after-school classes to complete the texts.

The Senior General urged all to create clean and beautiful tourist destinations with flowery scenes in regions and states in order to attract homegrown and international travellers.

Union ministers, the Nay Pyi Taw Council chairman, and chief ministers of regions and states reported on undertakings in education, health, agriculture, and manufacturing industries in their areas.

Also present at the meeting were SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win, Union ministers, Union-level dignitaries, the Nay Pyi Taw Council chairman, the chief minister of Chin State and officials together with region and state chief ministers through videoconferencing. — MNA/TTA

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Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that their positions are often closely aligned or identical.

THE CIS leaders constantly coordinate positions on key global and regional issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

“We are constantly coordinating positions on key global and regional issues.

Moreover, our approaches regarding them are traditionally close or completely coincide,” Putin said at a meeting of the expanded Council of CIS Heads of State.

All CIS countries advocate the formation of a just world order with the central role of the UN, he added.

“In the current difficult situation in the world, it is extremely important that all CIS states advocate the formation of a just world order based on universally recognized principles of international law with the central role of the United Nations,” the president noted.

On CIS Cooperation CIS leaders, led by President Putin, discussed enhancing cooperation within the Commonwealth and addressing international issues at their summit.

Important decisions were made to shape the CIS’s future, emphasizing development and collaboration with BRICS.

The leaders expressed a commitment to strengthening their collective position in global affairs through deeper partnerships. — SPUTNIK

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IRAN warned Israel on Tues day against attacking any of its infrastructure amid fears of a possible Israeli assault on oil or nuclear sites following Iran’s missile barrage last week.

“Any attack against infrastructure in Iran will provoke an even stronger response,” state television quoted Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying.

He spoke after Israel said it was preparing a response to Iran’s 1 October missile attack on its arch-enemy, its second on the country in six months.

On Monday, an official statement quoted Araghchi as saying Iran did not seek war in the region.

On Friday US President Joe Biden cautioned Israel against attacking oil installations in Iran, one of the world’s top 10 producers of crude.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Rassul Sanairad warned Israel on Sunday any attack on nuclear or energy sites would cross a “red line”.

The Fars news agency quoted him as saying following the Israeli threat: “Some political leaders have spoken of a possible change in Iran’s nuclear policy.” — AFP

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UNION Minister for the Ministry 2 at the Office of the Chairman of the State Administration Council U Ko Ko Hlaing received the delegation led by Ms Hai Kyung Jun, Director of UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, yesterday at the parlour of the Ministry in Nay Pyi Taw.

They cordially exchanged views to cooperate between Myanmar and UNHCR to share updated information on the government’s efforts for the relief, rehabilitation and recovery in the wake of current floods triggered by Typhoon Yagi, to provide humanitarian assistance effectively to the victims of floods and people from hard-to -reach areas, implementing emergency response and rehabilitation programmes in accord with “No one left behind” principle the of the government. The Union minister also advised them to follow the principle of existing Myanmar Disaster Management (SOP) and properly extend MoUs with the ministries concerned.

U Naing Swe Oo, Director-General and senior officials of the Ministry at the Office of the Chairman of the State Administration Council were also present at the meeting.— MNA

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NORTH Korea’s Kim Jong Un would face the end of his regime if he used his nuclear weapons against the South, its president said Tuesday, as Seoul staged a parade showcasing its military prowess.

Fighter jets flew over downtown Seoul and tanks rolled through the streets, as South Korea displayed weaponry including its largest ballistic missile, the Hyunmoo-5, which is capable of destroying underground bunkers, for the first time.

The event, which marks Armed Forces Day in the South, comes as relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in decades, with Pyongyang declaring the South its “principal enemy” and moving nuclear-capable weapons to the border.

“If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face the resolute and overwhelming response of our military and the US and Republic of Korea alliance,” Seoul’s President Yoon Suk Yeol said.

“That day will be the end of the North Korean regime,” Yoon said, addressing thousands of service members gathered at Seoul Air Base for the event.

Washington stations tens of thousands of troops in South Korea to help defend it against the North, and Seoul — which has no nukes of its own — is covered by the US nuclear umbrella. — AFP

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THE 15-day enumeration of nationwide population and household census commenced yesterday, and it will end on 15 October.

The enumerators led by Union Minister for Immigration and Population U Myint Kyaing collected census data of State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing at the Tatmadaw Guesthouse in the office of Commander-in-Chief (Army) at noon yesterday.

The Senior General altogether provided the needed data.

Similarly, the enumerators conduct census collection on the families of SAC

Vice-Chairman Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U T Khun Myat, SAC Secretary General Aung Lin Dwe, Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo and SAC Member General Maung Maung Aye at their respective houses.

Every country takes a national census every ten years as it has to set policies and projects to ensure proportionate development in social, economic, and management sectors, depending on the population received from the census.

The data from the census-collecting process is concerned not only with the government and ministries but also with each and every citizen of the country as they are the focal information for political, economic, social, defence and public affairs management sectors. The Ministry of Immigration and Population is leading the enumeration process of the population and household census, and it can be done successfully with public participation.

The 2024 enumeration process of the population and household census is being conducted to collect accurate population and socioeconomic data in time, adopt policies, projects, strategies and tactics for social, economic and management measures by conducting research on population and socioeconomic changes between 2014 and 2024, compile the necessary index in implementing the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan (MSDP) and develop the national statistic system to contribute the national strategy. Although there were 41 questions in the 2014 census, there were 68 questions in 2024, adding 27 new questions to receive more precise data. Some of the examples of additional data questions are the main reasons for not joining school in the education sector and waste system or sanitation system for household data. These questions are practical facts for the government to consider in order to fulfil the needs of the people in the education, health, and social sectors. The census team will collect data at homes from 7 am to 6 pm, and they will inform the date in advance. The census-taking process is not concerned with whether the people have a household census form 66/6 or from 10, CSC, or whether they are ethnic people or citizens. However, all the data of the people in Myanmar territory will be enumerated within the census reference timeframe except for those who are not included. Moreover, the tax will not be levied, and action will not be taken against the possessions based on the census. There is no need to worry about the family members residing abroad as there is no occasion to take action. —MNA/KTZH

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SHIGERU Ishiba, leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was officially elected the country’s prime minister on Tuesday after winning a majority of votes in both houses of parliament.

The Japanese Diet convened an extraordinary session in the afternoon to choose the new prime minister. As the ruling coalition led by the LDP controls both chambers, 67-year-old Ishiba received 291 of 461 votes in the House of Representatives and 143 of 242 votes in the House of Councillors.

After the special Diet session, the 67-year-old veteran politician unveiled his

cabinet lineup consisting of 13 first-time appointees, two reappointments and four

returning ministers with previous cabinet experience. He will later be formally inaugurated in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace and hold a press conference in the evening to lay out his policy priorities.

In the new cabinet, former Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya became minister of

foreign affairs, while former Defence Minister Gen Nakatani once again returned to

the post. Yoshimasa Hayashi, the top government spokesman under Kishida, will

retain the post of chief cabinet secretary.

Katsunobu Kato, one of Ishiba’s competitors in the LDP race, will take the position of finance minister, while Yoji Muto will serve as minister for economy, trade, and industry. Only two women were appointed to the cabinet: Toshiko Abe as minister of education, culture, sports, science, and technology, and Junko Mihara as minister for children’s policies, reducing the number of female ministers by three compared with the Kishida cabinet. — Xinhua 

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