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CZECH-RUSSIA Livid Russia expels 20 Czechs after blast blamed on Skripal suspects Moscow expelled 20 Czech diplomats on Sunday in a confrontation over Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an earlier explosion at a Czech ammunition depot that killed two people.
ISRAEL-GREECE-DEFENCE Israel and Greece sign record defence deal Israel and Greece have signed their biggest ever defence procurement deal, which Israel said on Sunday would strengthen political and economic ties between the countries and the two countries’ air forces launched a joint exercise.
MONDAY, APRIL 19 MADRID – Spain´s prime minister Pedro Sanchez meets President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei in Madrid. JAKARTA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to meet his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta for a bilateral meeting. MADRID – Spain´s prime minister Pedro Sanchez meets president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, in Madrid. TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meets with Alok Sharma, president of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Tokyo, followed by a meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Alok Sharma – 0530 GMT. BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will be briefed by the bloc’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, about recent developments in foreign affairs. The ministers will also discuss developments in Ethiopia and Ukraine, along with a new Czech dispute with Russia – 0730 GMT. LONDON – UK finance minister Rishi Sunak spea
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Livid Russia expels 20 Czechs after blast blamed on Skripal suspects
Moscow expelled 20 Czech diplomats on Sunday in a confrontation over Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an earlier explosion at a Czech ammunition depot that killed two people.
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