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• BALTOPS 22: A perfect opportunity for research and testing new technology US Navy 12 Jun 2022 -- Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 22, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic region, began June 5, 2022, in the Baltic Sea. With a significant focus of BALTOPS every year being the demonstration of NATO mine hunting capabilities, the U.S. Navy continues to use the exercise as an opportunity to test emerging technology.
• NATO Secretary General visits Finland NATO 12 Jun 2022 -- The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg is in Kultaranta, Finland, on Sunday (12 June 2022), attending the Kultaranta Talks and meeting with the President, Sauli Niinistö, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Pekka Haavisto, and other senior Finnish officials.
• NATO Chief Says Turkey's Concerns On Bids By Sweden, Finland 'Legitimate' RFE/RL 12 Jun 2022 -- NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said security concerns raised by Turkey in its opposition to alliance membership bids by Sweden and Finland are "legitimate" and said talks with Ankara on the matter would continue without a specific deadline.
• NATO Working With Turkey, Nordics to Address 'Legitimate' Concerns, Stoltenberg Says Sputnik 12 Jun 2022 -- NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday he is in contact with the leaders of Finland, Sweden and Turkey as he struggles to overcome Ankara's opposition to Finland and Sweden joining the alliance.
• Chinese nuclear force development impressive; new weapons commissioned: Defense Minister Global Times 12 Jun 2022 -- Having developed its capabilities for over five decades, China's nuclear force has seen impressive progress, with new weapons and the equipment displayed at the National Day military parade in 2019 all commissioned to the Chinese armed forces, said State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe on Sunday.
• Chinese defense minister elaborates China's Vision for Regional Order at 19th Shangri-La Dialogue PLA Daily 12 Jun 2022 -- Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe delivered a speech on "China's Vision for Regional Order" at the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 12, 2022.
• Senior military officers of China, Pakistan advocate more coordination and cooperation PLA Daily 12 Jun 2022 -- Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC) General Zhang Youxia met with the visiting the Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Qingdao, capital city of east China's Shandong province, on the morning of June 12, 2022.
• New 'Unmanned Drone Mothership' Could Benefit Chinese Navy, Media Says Sputnik 12 Jun 2022 -- While the vessel was presented by China as an instrument for marine research, a senior fellow at the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies argued that, as Chinese activities in the South China Sea allegedly show, "scientific ventures can be a precursor or otherwise support military objectives".
• ADF election support to PNG Australia DOD 12 Jun 2022 -- Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have touched down in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to support the country's national elections.
• Global Powers Likely To Bolster, Modernize Nuclear Arsenals In 'Worrying Trend,' Report Says RFE/RL 12 Jun 2022 -- The nine nuclear-armed states, including the United States and Russia, are likely to grow and modernize their arsenal of warheads and to be more vocal about it in the coming decade in what is seen as a "worrying trend," an influential think tank says in its latest annual study.

Defense Industry

• China to regain world's top spot in shipbuilding as Shanghai shipyards ramp up resumption Global Times 12 Jun 2022 -- Chinese shipbuilders are working around the clock to meet rising global orders as Shanghai, the major world production center for shipbuilding, gets fully back to business, with some industry analysts expecting that the Chinese shipbuilding sector will reclaim the world's top position in the second half of this year.

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Ukraine Conflict News
• Gunmen launch deadly ambush on airport bus in Afghanistan Press TV 12 Jun 2022 -- At least two people have been killed and six others wounded when heavily-armed gunmen fired at a bus ferrying airport employees in northern Afghanistan.
• Yemeni PM: Saudi Arabia, UAE exploiting Yemen's strategic islands Press TV 12 Jun 2022 -- The prime minister of Yemen's National Salvation Government has blamed Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the deterioration of security situation in areas under the occupation of the Saudi-led coalition forces and their allied militants, saying the two countries are trying to perpetuate chaos, devastation and destruction in those regions.
• China bears no responsibility for border conflicts with India: Chinese Defense Minister Global Times 12 Jun 2022 -- The merits of the China-India border conflicts are very clear, and the responsibility does not lie with China, said China's State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe at the International Institute for Strategic Studies' 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday morning.
• UN voices concern over security in DRC People's Daily 12 Jun 2022 -- The United Nations on Saturday voiced concern over the deteriorating security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), given the increase of attacks against civilians by rebels as well as the presence of foreign armed groups.
• Tajikistan Reports Killing Of Two 'Criminal Leaders' Following Unrest In Region RFE/RL 12 Jun 2022 -- Authorities in Tajikistan say two "criminal leaders" have been killed in the Gorno-Badakhshan region, the latest in a series of arrests and killings in the country's restive east following recent anti-government protests.
• Nigeria Train Attack: Gunmen Release 11 Abducted Passengers VOA 12 Jun 2022 -- Armed men in Nigeria have freed 11 out of more than 60 passengers of an Abuja- Kaduna train who were abducted in late March, bringing the number of released passengers to 14.

News Reports

• Much More Evidence to Come in US Capitol Riot Probe, Lawmakers Say VOA 12 Jun 2022 -- Lawmakers on the panel investigating the January 6 riot at the U.S Capitol last year said Sunday much more evidence will emerge in upcoming hearings that former President Donald Trump knew he had lost his bid for reelection and yet fomented the mayhem by telling supporters he had been cheated out of another four-year term.
• Most of Britain's Monkeypox cases are in London, as case numbers reach 366 People's Daily 12 Jun 2022 -- An expert virologist reinforced the need to avoid intimate contact Saturday as the number of Monkeypox cases in Britain reached 366.
• Russia's National Day US Dept. of State 12 Jun 2022 -- "On behalf of the United States of America, I express my wish for a more peaceful, open future for the people of Russia as they commemorate Russia Day. June 12, 1990, marked an important step in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of Russia for freedom, democracy, and the breaking down of barriers that separate them from the rest of the world."
• China's Defense Minister Says US Indo-Pacific Strategy Directed Against One Country Sputnik 12 Jun 2022 -- Chinese Defene Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that the US Indo-Pacific strategy is aimed at fomenting confrontation in the region to deter one particular country.
• China says ties with US at critical juncture, vows to 'fight to the very end' Press TV 12 Jun 2022 -- Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe says relations with the US are at a critical juncture, warning Washington to "stop harming China's interests".
• Chinese Defense Minister Warns of Confrontation if US Tries to Corner China VOA 12 Jun 2022 -- Dressed in his uniform as a general of the People's Liberation Army, Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday warned the U.S. against trying to corner China and interfere in its internal affairs.
• U.S. attempting to 'hijack countries in our region' to target China, Wei Fenghe says Radio Free Asia 12 Jun 2022 -- China's Defense Minister Wei Fenghe delivered scathing remarks about the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy in a speech in Singapore on Sunday, calling it an attempt to form a clique to contain China.
• Chinese attendee refutes Western scholars' déjà vu rumors against China over reaction to Zelensky's speech at Shangri-La Dialogue Global Times 12 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese delegation attending the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore has become the target of rumors again, when two Western research fellows tweeted on Saturday that the Chinese delegation walked out of the meeting room when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky started his speech via video link.
• UN Rights Chief Under Fire Over Trip to China Ahead of Human Rights Council Meeting VOA 12 Jun 2022 -- U.N. Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet is under fire over her recent trip to China, with critics accusing her of missing an opportunity to condemn Beijing's forced incarceration of nearly two million Uyghurs in internment camps in the country's Xinjiang province.
• Could China's zero-COVID policy spur a mass protest movement? Radio Free Asia 12 Jun 2022 -- As the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues with large-scale and long-term lockdowns on major cities, mass incarceration in quarantine camps and on university and college campuses, coupled with blanket digital surveillance and control over people's movements, some signs of mass discontent have begun to emerge.
• US, China Blame Each Other Over Food Insecurity VOA 12 Jun 2022 -- Food insecurity is rising globally because of the war in Ukraine, according to experts, with Africa expected to be hit the hardest. The world's superpowers, China and the U.S., say they are trying to mitigate the fallout but at the same time are accusing each other of exacerbating the crisis.
• ASEAN states unlikely to choose sides between US and China, say officials and experts Radio Free Asia 12 Jun 2022 -- When Cambodia's Minister of National Defense General Tea Banh was seen taking a leisurely dip in the Gulf of Thailand with Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian after a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Cambodian naval base being built with China's help earlier this month, no one in the region batted an eyelid.
• Chinese defense chief sends 'strongest warning' to US on Taiwan question; 'Indo-Pacific strategy will fail to divide region' Global Times 12 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese armed forces will fight to the very end if anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, said the Chinese defense chief in a speech delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday. Chinese analysts said this is the strongest warning China has sent to the US, as Washington has frequently used the Taiwan question to provoke China and encourage the separatist authorities on the island to worsen the region's security situation.
• We will fight to the end if anyone dares to take Taiwan out of China: Defense Minister Global Times 12 Jun 2022 -- The Chinese armed forces will fight to the very end if anyone dares to split Taiwan out of China, said State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe in a speech delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday.
• North Korea Vows 'Power for Power' Military, Appoints Nuclear Envoy as First Female Foreign Minister Sputnik 12 Jun 2022 -- Choe Son Hui, 57, is the daughter of former North Korean Prime Minister Choe Yong Rim and has played an active role in nuclear negotiations since the late 1990s, when she served as an interpreter for North Korean delegates. The career diplomat notably sat alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the Singapore and Hanoi summits.
• Israel's Prime Minister Claims Iran 'Dangerously Close' to Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Sputnik 12 Jun 2022 -- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says that Iran is allegedly enriching uranium at a very past pace and is close to producing nuclear weapons.
• Iranian MPs say IAEA has lost technical validity IRNA 12 Jun 2022 -- As many as 260 Iranian Members of Parliament signed a statement on Sunday in condemnation of a recent resolution against Iran by the IAEA Board of Governors, arguing that the UN nuclear agency has lost its technical validity.
• IAEA BoG resolution hasty, political: Iran FM to UN chief IRNA 12 Jun 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told the United Nations chief that the resolution proposed by the US and E3 was hasty and political.
• Iran's FM considers US-E3 anti-Iran resolution as hasty, political ISNA 12 Jun 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and UN chief Antonio Guterres held a telephone conversation to discuss some regional and international developments.
• FM: Iran counteracts other side's excessive demands with its own tools, power in Vienna talks Press TV 12 Jun 2022 -- Iran's foreign minister says the country uses its own tools in the face of the other side's excessive demands during negotiations on restoring the 2015 Iran deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in the Austrian capital.
• Anti-Tehran resolution proves lack of technical credibility of IAEA, its chief: Iranian MPs Press TV 12 Jun 2022 -- Iranian lawmakers say the recent adoption of an anti-Iran resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s Board of Governors proves that the agency and its director general have lost all their technical credibility.
• UN Agency Chief Urges Iran To Resume Nuclear Talks 'Now' RFE/RL 12 Jun 2022 -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on Iran to resume talks "now" on reviving the 2015 nuclear accord before things get "much more problematic."
• Iranian tanker production for Venezuela proves efficiency of Economy of Resistance policy: President Raisi ISNA 12 Jun 2022 -- Iranian President said, "The construction and delivery of the 113,000-ton tanker to Venezuela, in addition to helping the country achieve its goal of independence in maritime transport, shows once again that the will and unity of the warrior and revolutionary nations and governments is stronger and more effective than Americans' sanctions".
• Iran's National Currency Falls To Record Low As Sanctions Continue To Bite RFE/RL 12 Jun 2022 -- Iran's national currency fells to its lowest value ever against the U.S. dollar, hit by continuing U.S. sanctions as talks to revive the global 2015 nuclear deal falter.
• Iran's cenbank vows to restore calm to foreign exchange market Press TV 12 Jun 2022 -- The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) governor Ali Salehabadi says the top lender will intervene in the country's foreign exchange market to control prices that have risen to record highs in recent days.
• Argentina Seizes Venezuelan Plane Linked To Iran RFE/RL 12 Jun 2022 -- Authorities in Argentina have seized a Venezuelan Boeing 747 cargo plane with links to Iran due to questions over stated reasons for the aircraft entering the country.
• France Centrists, New Far-Left Running Neck-and-Neck in Legislative Polls VOA 12 Jun 2022 -- France's ruling centrists and a new far-left alliance are neck-and-neck in the first round of legislative elections Sunday, with the far-right third in the lineup. Initial projections put the Ensemble or "Together" party of French President Emmanuel Macron and the left-wing NUPES coalition with just over a quarter of all votes apiece, amid record abstentions.
• Iraqi parliament speaker accepts Sadr bloc's resignation Press TV 12 Jun 2022 -- Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi has accepted mass resignation of lawmakers faithful to influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
• Iran, Venezuela's successful experiences prove "resistance" only way to confront US's pressures ISNA 12 Jun 2022 -- During a meeting with the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and his entourage, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei referred to the successful experiences of Iran and Venezuela in standing up to US's intense pressures and hybrid warfare, emphasizing, "The only way to confront the US is through resistance and persistence."
• Turkey, China See Opportunity In Central Asia After Moscow's Ukraine Invasion RFE/RL 12 Jun 2022 -- Since Moscow's February invasion of Ukraine, Central Asian governments have sought to limit their reliance on Russia and grapple with the economic fallout from economic sanctions that the Kremlin's war has brought to their region.