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  • Tuesday April 27th, 2021

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [April 27, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [April 27, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [April 27, 2021] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. President Erdogan attacked President Biden over the recognition of Armenian genocide, adding that Biden’s comments are groundless and could harm to bilateral ties within NATO. Source: Al Jazeera
  2. Romania joined Czech Republic to expel the Russian embassy’s deputy military attaché, stating that his activities and actions are contrary to the CVDR. Source: France 24
  3. The WHO chief warned on the coronavirus situation in India as the country is battling with a devastating number of cases while the organization tries to help to address the issue. Source: CNA
WORLD
  1. The UK imposed sanctions on 14 Russians and businessmen for the complicity in a fraud and their involvement in the human rights abuse and corruption in foreign countries. Source: Reuters
  2. Ukraine will impose retaliatory measures on Russian diplomats on the principle of reciprocity after Russia declared the Ukrainian embassy a persona non grata. Source: TASS
  3. Russian court ordered the cease of all activities of any groups which linked to Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption campaign and branded those as extremist. Source: Deutsche Welle
REGIONS
  1. Japan raised concerns via a phone call with India over China’s assertive maritime action and stressed the need to maintain cooperation for free and open Indo-Pacific. Source: SCMP
  2. Australia is considering the proposal to place a travel ban on India to prevent more deadly coronavirus variants from entering the country due to the surge cases of COVID-19 in India. Source: Reuters
  3. Nepalese authorities struggled to contain the rising cases of COVID-19 as the experts feared that people in the Himalayan caught the more infectious mutant of Indian’s strains. Source: CNA
CAMBODIA
  1. PM Hun Sen called on other countries to not stockpile the excessive COVID-19 vaccines and urged that the vaccines should not be used as a political tool. Source: Khmer Times
  2. RGC announced to lengthen the lockdown of Phnom Penh and Takhmao town for another week in an effort to curb the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic. Source: AKP
  3. Cambodia and ROK have postponed the official signing of the bilateral free trade agreement owing to the disruption from COVID-19 community outbreak. Source: The Phnom Penh Post