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• Yemen's Houthi rebels launch long-range missiles toward Israel in new attack: statement People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Yemen's Houthi rebels said on Wednesday that they have launched long-range missiles toward Israel, in a new operation to revenge the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Fairchild AFB demonstrates strategic deterrence readiness during Titan Fury 24-1 US Air Force 23 Nov 2023 -- Airmen assigned to the 92nd and the 141st Air Refueling Wings conducted exercise Titan Fury 24-1 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Nov. 13-17.
• Ships of Russian Navy and Indian Navy undergo artillery drills with sea and air targets in Bay of Bengal Russia MoD 23 Nov 2023 -- A two-day Russian-Indian naval exercise was concluded in the Bay of Bengal. The Russian Federation was represented by the Pacific Fleet destroyer Admiral Tributs and the medium sea tanker Pechenga. From the Indian Navy, the destroyer Ranvijay and the corvette Kiltan were involved.
• CSTO summit President of Russia 23 Nov 2023 -- Vladimir Putin took part in a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in Minsk.
• CSTO Collective Security Council holds session in Minsk to discuss topical issues of international and regional security Russia MoD 23 Nov 2023 -- On 23 November 2023, a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held in Minsk. It was chaired by President of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko.
• Armenia Says No Intention Of Quitting Russian-Led CSTO Despite Summit Snub RFE/RL 23 Nov 2023 -- Armenia is not considering quitting the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a senior official in Yerevan said on November 23, despite Yerevan's decision not to attend a CSTO summit in Minsk on November 23.
• CSTO Summit In Minsk Forges Ahead Without Armenia RFE/RL 23 Nov 2023 -- Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) discussed "urgent problems of international and regional security" at a summit in Minsk on November 23 that was notable for the absence of a representative from member-state Armenia.
• China-hosted joint drills with SE Asian countries enter combat phase Global Times 23 Nov 2023 -- An ongoing military exercise hosted by China and joined by five Southeast Asian countries has entered its actual combat phase. Participated by ground, maritime and aviation forces, the drills will comprehensively enhance participants' interoperability and trust, experts said on Thursday.
• KMT to wait for TPP joint presidential ticket decision until 'final moment' CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Taiwan's main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), announced on Thursday that it will wait for the smaller Taiwan People's Party (TPP) to make a decision on the possibility of a joint presidential ticket "until the final moment", ahead of the candidacy registration deadline at 5:30 p.m.
• Hou, Ko trade barbs at open discussions on presidential ticket CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Kuomintang (KMT) presidential nominee Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) and Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Thursday trade barbs over who should top a joint presidential ticket at an open discussion broadcast live.
• Opposition struggles to agree on joint presidential candidate before deadline CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- As Taiwan's two opposition candidates remain deadlocked over who should lead their joint ticket to challenge the ruling party, with only one day to go before the presidential election registration deadline, the tension is mounting.
• 'Trust but verify,' DPP's Hsiao says of Xi's Taiwan invasion plan denial CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice presidential candidate Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said Thursday that Taiwan should "trust, but verify" Chinese leader Xi Jinping's (習近平) reported denial of a planned 2027 invasion.
• Biden-Xi meeting shows status quo benefits all countries: MAC CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Comments made by U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) on Taiwan during their meeting last week highlight the fact that maintaining a peaceful status quo across the Taiwan Strait is in the interest of all countries, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday.
• War with China is 'not an option,' says Taiwan election hopeful Radio Free Asia 23 Nov 2023 -- War with China is "not an option," Taiwanese election hopeful and former U.S. envoy Hsiao Bi-khim said on Thursday, as she set out further details of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's campaign platform for presidential elections in January.
• RAAF aviators bring big picture to US exercise Australia DOD 23 Nov 2023 -- Wedgetail aviators from RAAF 2 Squadron recently shared airspace awareness and their own collective experience with American counterparts in Florida during Exercise Checkered Flag.
• Coordinating air attacks on Black Dagger Australia DOD 23 Nov 2023 -- Exercise Black Dagger, the culminating activity for the 72 joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) course, has successfully concluded at RAAF Base Townsville.
• New vessel protects Samoan waters Australia DOD 23 Nov 2023 -- Australia's Samoan friends received the newest Guardian-class patrol boat SPB Nafanua IIIduring a ceremony on November 22.
• 17th meeting in the Ramstein format: Ground-Based Air Defence coalition for Ukraine was set up war.ukraine.ua 23 Nov 2023 -- On November 22, 2023, the 17th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group was held virtually. The Ministers of Defense from 50 countries participated, including the Ukrainian Minister of Defence, Rustem Umerov.
• Statement by DPRK Ministry of National Defence KCNA 23 Nov 2023 -- The following is the full text of "Those of the 'Republic of Korea' can never evade the responsibility for scrapping the north-south military agreement and must pay dearly for it", a statement made public by the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK on November 23:
• North Korea suspends military deal with South, strengthens border with forces, weapons Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- North Korea says it has suspended a military accord with neighboring South Korea, restoring troops and weapons at the common border.
• N Korea sends rocket data to Russia for advice: spy agency Radio Free Asia 23 Nov 2023 -- Russia has likely offered North Korea technological advice for its latest illegal satellite launch, the South's spy agency said Thursday, weighing in on weeks of speculation of Moscow's backing that could expedite Pyongyang's efforts to complete its surveillance system by 2025.
• Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff & Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ink MoU on joint research and development in field of Defence Technology India PIB 23 Nov 2023 -- A Memorandum of Understanding between the Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was signed on November 23, 2023 in New Delhi for technical collaboration and joint research and development in the field of Defence Technology

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• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari November 23rd, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 23 Nov 2023
• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari November 23rd, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 23 Nov 2023
• Daily Recap: War Against Hamas November 23rd, 2023 - Day 48 Israel Defense Forces 23 Nov 2023
• Terrorist Tunnel Shafts in Mosque, Rocket Launchers in an Orchard; The Nahal Brigade Operates on the Outskirts of Jabalya and Directs Aerial Forces Israel Defense Forces 23 Nov 2023
• Weapons Hidden Under Children's Beds and Underground Terrorist Infrastructure: The 401st Brigade Operated on the Outskirts of Jabalya Israel Defense Forces 23 Nov 2023
• Bodycam Footage From "Egoz" Commando Unit Operating in Gaza Israel Defense Forces 23 Nov 2023
• Chief of the General Staff Meets the Commanders of the 36th Division in Gaza Israel Defense Forces 23 Nov 2023
• Striking Terrorists, Terrorist Infrastructure and Locating Underground Sites; Ground Forces Operations in Gaza Israel Defense Forces 23 Nov 2023
• Announcement by the Prime Minister's Office-Coordinator for the Hostages and Missing Brig.-Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch Israel - Prime Minister 23 Nov 2023
• Statement by the Prime Minister's Office Israel - Prime Minister 23 Nov 2023
• PM Netanyahu Meets with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo: "Your moral values do not stand up if you're not willing to fight for them." Israel - Prime Minister 23 Nov 2023
• PM Netanyahu Meets with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron Israel - Prime Minister 23 Nov 2023
• Israel says no pause in Gaza fighting, continues to pound enclave despite truce Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- Israel says there will be no halt to the fighting in the Gaza Strip, as it continues to bombard the besieged enclave despite agreeing to a four-day truce with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
• Prisoner exchange, truce agreement delayed implementation to Friday ISNA 23 Nov 2023 -- The previously announced date for the temporary pause on Gaza has been delayed from Thursday to Friday "at least," Israeli Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi said.
• Israel plans to resume offensive in Gaza after hostage release: spokesperson People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Israel announced on Wednesday that it will resume its offensive in the Gaza Strip immediately after the implementation of the newly clinched truce deal to release hostages.
• Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 14,532: media office People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 14,532 since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict on Oct. 7, the Hamas-run government media office said Wednesday.
• Gaza hostage release, truce delayed: Israeli official People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Israel's national security advisor announced late Wednesday that the deal for the release of hostages in Gaza in exchange for a temporary truce has been postponed until Friday at the earliest.
• Hamas reveals details of first cease-fire, swap deal since Gaza conflict People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Israel and the Gaza-ruling Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) confirmed Wednesday a cease-fire agreement in the conflict-ridden Gaza Strip for four days, to allow for more aid delivery to Gaza as well as the exchange of Israeli hostages held by the armed Palestinian faction and Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel.
• With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid UN News 23 Nov 2023 -- Humanitarian agencies preparing to go into Gaza continued to build up stocks of desperately needed aid for the war-torn enclave on Thursday, amid delays in the implementation of a temporary halt in fighting and the release of hostages held by Hamas militants.
• UNRWA Situation Report #37 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (All information is valid as of 22 November 2023 at 22:30 (local time) UNRWA 23 Nov 2023
• Following his second Gaza visit, UNRWA Commissioner General renews urgent calls for a long-standing humanitarian ceasefire UNRWA 23 Nov 2023
• UN chief welcomes Israel-Hamas hostage deal People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the agreement reached by Israel and Hamas on the release of hostages, with the mediation of Qatar supported by Egypt and the United States, said his spokesman on Wednesday.
• Iran: Gaza ceasefire 'first step' in Palestinian victory Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- Iran says a temporary humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza is "the first step towards stopping the war crimes of the child-killing Zionist regime against Palestinian citizens, women and children".
• President Raeisi: Israel suffered 'humiliating defeat' in Gaza at hands of Palestinians Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi says Israel suffered a "humiliating defeat" at the hands of the Palestinian nation and resistance as they managed to "incapacitate" the regime in its bloody war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Iran FM urges lasting peace in Gaza, warns of repercussions of Israel's prolonged war on regional peace Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warns that the regional situation will significantly change should Israel press ahead with the war on Gaza and expand its scope after the implementation of a temporary truce.
• IRGC chief: 'Galloping' Israeli regime stopped in Gaza Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- The head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Israel's "galloping" invasion of the Gaza Strip has come to a sudden halt after the regime conceded to a truce in its war on the Palestinian territory.
• Raisi: Israel achieved none of its goals in Gaza ISNA 23 Nov 2023 -- "Israel did not achieve any of its goals of occupying Gaza and eliminating the Resistance," he said, adding, "What the Zionist regime has done shows that it has grown desperate in the face of the Palestinian resistance."
• Supreme Leader: Heavy loss of October 7 will not be compensated by Israel's bombings, will shorten Zionist regime's life IRNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the heavy loss of October 7 will not be compensated by the bombings and it will shorten the life of the usurping regime.
• Iranian FM calls for permanent cease-fire after Israel, Hamas agree 4-day truce People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned on Wednesday that the situation in the region will worsen if Hamas and Israel fail to reach a sustainable cease-fire, according to a statement released by Lebanon's Council of Ministers, the cabinet.
• President Raeisi: Israel fell short of all of its goals in Gaza Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- President Ebrahim Raeisi has said that the Israeli regime has fallen short of realizing all of the goals that it had sought by launching its ongoing war against the Gaza Strip.
• Iranian FM, Hamas chief meet ahead of Gaza ceasefire Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has held talks with Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh in Doha where he has traveled as part of a regional tour for consultations amid the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
• Conflicting Visions Leave Future Governance of Gaza in Doubt VOA 23 Nov 2023 -- The issue of who will govern Gaza if Israel succeeds in dethroning Hamas poses one of the most challenging questions facing the world's diplomats, with Israel, the United States and the region's Arab leaders offering seemingly contradictory solutions.
• German Authorities Raid Properties Linked to Hamas VOA 23 Nov 2023 -- German authorities carried out raids Thursday in connection with a ban on the Palestinian militant group Hamas and the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun.
• Utilising the humanitarian pause - Germany has increased its assistance for people in Gaza Germany Federal Foreign Office 23 Nov 2023 -- The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is disastrous. In order to alleviate the hardship, Germany is increasing its humanitarian assistance for people in the Palestinian territories. You can find out more here.
• Russia welcomes Israel-Hamas agreement on humanitarian pause People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Russia welcomed the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas on a four-day humanitarian pause, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
• Egyptian president welcomes mediation for prisoners' swap, humanitarian truce in Gaza People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday welcomed the success of the joint Egyptian mediation efforts with Qatar and the United States for a ceasefire in Gaza.
• Arab League hopes Gaza truce leads to comprehensive cease-fire People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit welcomed on Wednesday the humanitarian truce newly reached between Israel and Palestinian armed faction Hamas in the Gaza Strip, hoping it would lead to "a comprehensive cease-fire" in the besieged enclave.
• Qatar says four-day Gaza truce to start on Friday morning Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- Qatar says a four-day truce between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas will start at 7 a.m. local time on Friday.
• Hezbollah targets Israeli military base with 48 Katyusha rockets Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Hezbollah has fired 48 Katyusha rockets at an Israeli military base in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are subjected to a bloody bombing campaign by the occupying regime.
• Resistance will emerge victorious in Gaza war against Israel: Hezbollah chief tells Iran FM Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says he is confident that resistance will emerge victorious and the Israeli regime will suffer a decisive defeat.
• Hezbollah strikes Israel's military sites in response to Gaza aggression Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says it has carried out several strikes against Israel's military sites in response to the regime's brutal aggression against Gaza.

Other Conflicts

• PLA on high alert amid US-Philippines joint patrols in South China Sea Global Times 23 Nov 2023 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was at the scene and on high alert when the US and Philippines launched a joint patrol in the South China Sea on Tuesday, with experts saying on Thursday that the PLA's presence deterred potential provocations and displayed China's capabilities in safeguarding national sovereignty, security and maritime interests.
• Family Confirms Death Of Former Afghan Prosecutor, Says Body Showed Signs Of Torture RFE/RL 23 Nov 2023 -- The family of former prosecutor Mohammad Naqi Taqi, who was forced out when Taliban militants took power in August 2021, has confirmed his death in eastern Afghanistan, saying it appears he was brutally slain by unknown assailants.
• WFP mounts first response for families forced to return to Afghanistan as harsh winter looms WFP 23 Nov 2023 -- The United Nations World Food Programme is providing Afghan families who are being forced out of Pakistan with emergency assistance at the border. However, with the harsh winter just around the corner and a significant funding deficit for the operation, assistance to these people hangs in the balance.
• Over 1,000 Myanmar schools empty as fighting resumes in Rakhine Radio Free Asia 23 Nov 2023 -- Over 1,000 schools in western Myanmar have been abandoned by pupils, education officials told Radio Free Asia on Thursday.
• Top Indian army officer calls for political solution to violence in Manipur People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- A top Indian army officer, Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita, said the ongoing ethnic violence in the northeastern state of Manipur needs a political solution.
• Armenian PM Says No Mass Migration Of Karabakh's Displaced Observed RFE/RL 23 Nov 2023 -- Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian says there is no mass migration from Armenia of ethnic Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, despite large numbers having left the country in the immediate aftermath of Azerbaijan's lightning offensive in late September.
• Cameroon Says Nigerian Refugee Trees Reduce Conflicts VOA 23 Nov 2023 -- Officials in northern Cameroon say conflicts over food, water and other resources have greatly declined due to the planting of about half-a-million trees in and around a refugee camp. U.N. officials and rights groups visited the area to collect success stories on reforestation projects that also reduce climate shocks to share during the upcoming COP 28 climate conference.

News Reports

• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Arrest of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas US Dept. of Justice 23 Nov 2023
• Statement from President Joe Biden on the Arrest of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas ("El Nini") The White House 23 Nov 2023
• Finland closes all but one border crossing with Russia People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- The government of Finland decided on Wednesday to restrict road traffic on its border with Russia to just one crossing point in the far north, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced at a government press conference.
• Chinese Embassy in Belgium calls for end to spreading China-related lies and rumors Global Times 23 Nov 2023 -- A spokesperson for the Embassy of China in Belgium on Wednesday expressed strong discontent over the disinformation about China's consular assistance volunteer service by individual media and "non-governmental organization," urging relevant parties to stop spreading disinformation.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on November 23, 2023 PRC MofA 23 Nov 2023
• US urged to translate promise of 'not intending to suppress, contain China' into action: MOFCOM Global Times 23 Nov 2023 -- It is hoped that the US will translate its promise of "not intending to suppress and contain China" into action and meet China halfway to create good conditions for enterprises to carry out two-way trade and investment cooperation, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson Shu Jueting said at a regular press briefing on Thursday.
• S. Korea-China Ties Unlikely to Improve After Biden-Xi Summit, Experts Say VOA 23 Nov 2023 -- The effort to ease tensions in the Asia-Pacific region begun at last week's U.S.-China summit is expected to continue at coming talks among three Northeast Asian powers, but experts say South Korea's close alignment with Washington leaves little room for major improvement.
• French FM begins China visit to enhance strategic mutual trust Global Times 23 Nov 2023 -- French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna began her two-day visit to China on Thursday. She is scheduled to co-host the 6th meeting of the China-France high-level dialogue mechanism on people-to-people exchanges, paving the way for more activities in 2024 to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and France.
• Faced with decline in marriages, Xi calls on women to build families Radio Free Asia 23 Nov 2023 -- Faced with plummeting marriage rates, flagging births and a rapidly aging population, Chinese President Xi Jinping wants the country's women to step up and embody "the traditional virtues" of marriage and raising children in a bid to "rejuvenate" the nation.
• Number of pediatric visits surge across China Global Times 23 Nov 2023 -- The number of pediatric visits has surged in multiple regions across the country, prompting several hospitals to mobilize medical staff for support, media reported on Wednesday. Disease control experts stated that top three reasons for children seeking medical treatment are influenza, adenovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus.
• Efforts underway to curb nationwide flu outbreaks among children People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- China is reinforcing its grassroots facilities to cope with the outbreak of seasonal respiratory illnesses among children, in a bid to ease the pressure on major hospitals at this time.
• KMT to wait for TPP joint presidential ticket decision until 'final moment' CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Taiwan's main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), announced on Thursday that it will wait for the smaller Taiwan People's Party (TPP) to make a decision on the possibility of a joint presidential ticket "until the final moment", ahead of the candidacy registration deadline at 5:30 p.m.
• Hou, Ko trade barbs at open discussions on presidential ticket CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Kuomintang (KMT) presidential nominee Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) and Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Thursday trade barbs over who should top a joint presidential ticket at an open discussion broadcast live.
• Opposition struggles to agree on joint presidential candidate before deadline CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- As Taiwan's two opposition candidates remain deadlocked over who should lead their joint ticket to challenge the ruling party, with only one day to go before the presidential election registration deadline, the tension is mounting.
• 'Trust but verify,' DPP's Hsiao says of Xi's Taiwan invasion plan denial CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice presidential candidate Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said Thursday that Taiwan should "trust, but verify" Chinese leader Xi Jinping's (習近平) reported denial of a planned 2027 invasion.
• Biden-Xi meeting shows status quo benefits all countries: MAC CNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Comments made by U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) on Taiwan during their meeting last week highlight the fact that maintaining a peaceful status quo across the Taiwan Strait is in the interest of all countries, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday.
• War with China is 'not an option,' says Taiwan election hopeful Radio Free Asia 23 Nov 2023 -- War with China is "not an option," Taiwanese election hopeful and former U.S. envoy Hsiao Bi-khim said on Thursday, as she set out further details of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's campaign platform for presidential elections in January.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Nov. 23, 2023 ROC MND 23 Nov 2023
• Special Representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim's Video Conference with People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu US Dept. of State 29 Nov 2023 -- Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim held a videoconference on October 30 with PRC Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming to discuss the DPRK's increasingly destabilizing and escalatory behavior, DPRK military cooperation with Russia, and recent reports of the repatriation of DPRK nationals by the PRC.
• DPRK/North Korea: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the satellite launch EC/CEU 23 Nov 2023 -- The European Union strongly condemns the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology on 21 November.
• S Korea, Japan, China FMs to discuss trilateral summit, N Korea Radio Free Asia 23 Nov 2023 -- South Korea, Japan, and China are set to convene their first foreign ministers' meeting in four years in the South Korean port city of Busan on Sunday, where the major geopolitical players in Asia will address a comprehensive array of topics, including both economic and security issues.
• Tehran, IRNA - If Iran sought to spread war, regional conditions would change: FM IRNA 23 Nov 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran does not seek to spread the war, otherwise the regional conditions would totally change.
• E3 statement at IAEA Board of Governors on the JCPoA - Nov 2023 UK FCDO 23 Nov 2023 -- France, Germany and the UK (E3) gave a joint statement to the IAEA Board of Governors on Iran's implementation of its nuclear commitments under the JCPoA.
• Safeguards Agreement with Iran: Quad statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency, November 2023 UK FCDO 23 Nov 2023 -- The UK, France, Germany, and the US (the Quad) gave a statement on Iran implementing its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement obligations.
• UK and Türkiye to boost stability, security and prosperity UK MOD 23 Nov 2023 -- Two NATO Allies, the UK and Türkiye, have today agreed to work more closely together to help bring greater stability, security and prosperity to both nations.
• Transcript of Press Briefing by the Presidency on the Virtual G20 Leaders' Summit (November 22, 2023) India MEA 23 Nov 2023
• Presidential, parliamentary elections to be held in 2024: Sri Lankan president People's Daily 23 Nov 2023 -- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament on Wednesday that the presidential election and the parliamentary election will both be held in 2024.
• Dutch 'Trump' Struggles to Form Government After Shock Election Win VOA 23 Nov 2023 -- Geert Wilders, the outspoken Dutch far-right leader who has frequently been compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to begin negotiations on forming a government after his shock win in Wednesday's election.
• In Netherlands, anti-Islam Wilders wins general elections Press TV 23 Nov 2023 -- The far-right anti-Islamic Party for Freedom (PVV) has won general elections in the Netherlands, finishing well ahead of the nearest rival, a left-wing alliance of Greens and social democrats.
• Twenty Years After Rose Revolution, Georgia's Political Parties Hate Each Other. But They Also Largely Agree. RFE/RL 23 Nov 2023 -- TBILISI -- It was 20 years ago that Georgia's Rose Revolution applied a radical jolt to the country's politics, economy, and foreign policy. For many in Georgia and abroad, the revolution and the man it brought to the presidency, Mikheil Saakashvili, represented a new hope for the poor, isolated country.
• World News in Brief: Aid cut threat for Afghan deportees, saving Rohingya lives at sea, China respiratory illness spike, new rail transport treaty UN News 23 Nov 2023 -- Emergency support for thousands of Afghan families repatriated from Pakistan could dwindle due to a lack of funding as winter approaches, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
• Transcript of the Weekly Media Briefing by Spokesperson Thursday 23 November 2023 Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Nov 2023