Japan announced a protest to China over an invasion

1 Japan — China

Yoshihide Suga, the Secretary General of the Japanese government stated during a press conference that Japan announced a protest against China because of the invasion of the Chinese ships in the Japanese territorial waters in the area of ​​the disputed Senkaku Islands. «We demand them to stop approaching the Japanese fishing vessels. The Chinese ships must leave the territorial waters» — said Yoshihide Suga. The ‘Kyodo’ news agency reported that on Thursday, two Chinese patrol ships appeared near the Senkaku Islands. They attempted to come close to a Japanese fishing vessel. The attempt was stopped by a Japanese patrol ship. The Chinese ships remained in the Japanese territorial waters until Friday morning. On Friday, two other Chinese ships were seen near the territorial waters, in the so-called «adjacent zone». One of them is equipped with a water cannon — the agency specified.

2 Iran

‘The New York Times’ reports while citing their intelligence source from the Middle East region that the fire at the construction site at a nuclear facility in the Iranian city of Natanz could be the result of a planted explosive device. According to the source from ‘The New York Times’ — an explosive device exploded before the fire, supposedly it was installed inside the nuclear facility. As a result of the explosion, the ground parts of the buildings, included in the structure of the nuclear facility, collapsed. There were centrifuges inside, designed to enrich uranium. Earlier the ‘Associated Press’ reported with a reference to two American scientists that the construction site at the Natanz nuclear facility coincides with the location of the cascade of the centrifuges. An Iranian Atomic Energy Organization spokesman, Behruz Kamalvandi, stated that there were no casualties from the incident. “Do not worry about a possible air pollution” — he added.

3 India — Syria

The Syrian newspaper «Al-Watan» reports that India transferred 10 tons of medical aid to Syria. The cargo arrived at the Damascus International Airport via a Syrian plane. The flight was met at the Damascus International Airport by the Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Mikdad, and the Indian Ambassador to Syria. Earlier the Syrian Deputy Minister of Health, Ahmad Khleifavi, spoke during an interview to the ‘RIA NEWS’ about the intentions of the Syrian authorities to sign contracts with India in the medical matters. According to him — Damascus requested a list of drugs to combat the coronavirus from Moscow. There is currently a discussion of their supply to Syria.

4 The USA — Libya

The US State Department announced after the consultations, conducted by the officials of the US administration and the representatives of the Libyan National Army via a video conference, that the US government calls on the LNA to break ties with Russia. The goal of the negotiations was the «demobilization of the paramilitary groups» in Libya. «The development of the events on the battlefields and the progress in the negotiations in the ‘5+5’ format under the UN flag provides a new opportunity to deal with the issues, related to the Libyan paramilitary forces» — the US Foreign Ministry stated. Washington is opposed to «any foreign interference in Libya», and it insists on «an immediate ceasefire and on a return to the negotiations in the matters of security and politics under the UN flag» — the State Department concluded. Moscow has repeatedly denied the allegations of a Russian military presence in Libya. The Kremlin called the US statements about the destabilizing role of the Russian «military intervention» in the resolution of Lybian situation to be a fake news.