BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a telephone call on Thursday that a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria must be implemented immediately.
“Both agreed that the Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian allies should promptly and fully implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 2401 (2018). This resolution demands an immediate ceasefire in Syria,” Merkel’s spokesman said on Friday.
“The chancellor and the president are also concerned about Russian President Putin’s latest remarks about arms developments and their negative impact on international arms control efforts,” spokesman Steffen Seibert added in a statement.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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