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  • Monday December 6th, 2021

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [December 06, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [December 06, 2021]

MORNING NEWS BRIEF [December 06, 2021] 150 150 Cambodia Development Center
HOT NEWS
  1. China pledged to offer more vaccine assistance and establish a vaccine production facility in Cambodia, during the visit of Cambodia’s Foreign Minister to China. Source: The Phnom Penh Post
  2. President Putin will have an official visit to India on Monday to discuss a wide range of new large-scale initiatives and the strategic partnership between Moscow and New Delhi. Source: TASS
  3. According to Iranian official news agency, the country’s top nuclear negotiator iterated that the U.S. should set an example by taking the first step in the revival of the 2015 deal. Source: China.org.cn
WORLD
  1. The U.S. President will hold virtual talks with his Russian counterpart to discuss Moscow’s military build up at the Ukrainian border and progress on both sides’ bilateral agreement. Source: Deutsche Welle
  2. The UK is expecting to strengthen their trade ties with the U.S. in the upcoming meeting between the representatives from the two countries on Tuesday. Source: Reuters
  3. Twenty people were arrested and six injured in a clash as thousands of demonstrators took to the street to protest against the latest COVID-19 restriction measures in Belgium. Source: Xinhua
REGIONS
  1. The U.S. Defense Secretary stated that Chinese` recent increasingly aggressive series of sea and air operations near Taiwan are close to what they would call rehearsals. Source: The Straits Times
  2. Myanmar’s court will deliver the first rulings against Aung San Suu Kyi who faced multiple charges that carry an accumulated maximum sentence of more than 100 years in prison. Source: The Straits Times
  3. Japan is considering increasing its economic growth forecast in 2022 from 2.2% to 5.6% after a recalculation that took the USD 490 billion-worth stimulus package into account. Source: Reuters
CAMBODIA
  1. Cambodia reaffirmed a strong commitment to promote harmony, peace, sustainability, and prosperity between Indian Ocean countries and ASEAN states. Source: Fresh News
  2. Cambodia announced the lifting of travel bans on travellers coming from or transiting through the ten African countries previously banned after the outbreak of the Omicron variant. Source: AKP
  3. JETRO reported that Cambodia’s exports to Japan reached over USD 1.4 billion in the first ten months in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 9.3 percent. Source: Khmer Times