5 International UN Chief Calls for more Efforts to Neighbour News Li’s Visit Opens New End Violence in Syria Chapter in China-EU UNITED NATIONS - The and a high representa- Economic Ties international community tive from the European BEIJING - Chinese Pre- nomic structure, ana- should be shamed by Union, met in Geneva, mier Li Keqiang’s visit lysts believe integration the continued suffering Switzerland, to create to the European Union of their development of the Syrian people, UN a road map for peace in has resulted in a hoard strategies will boost the Secretary-General Ban Syria. of new trade deals, growth of both sides Ki-Moon said in a state- The conflict, which start- which are expected to and provide new oppor- ment issued here Tues- ed in March 2011, has left establish the highest tunities for China-EU day, the third anniversa- more than 220,000 Syr- level of bilateral eco- economic ties. ry of an agreement aimed ians dead, while almost nomic and trade coop- Zhao Junjie, a research at finding a political solu- half of the country’s eration to date. fellow at the Institute tion to end the conflict in population have been During Li’s visit, the of European Studies of the Middle East country. forced to flee their homes two economic giants the Chinese Academy “It should shame us all since three years ago, ac- expressed interest in of Social Sciences, said that, three years since the cording to Ban. Syria is linking the European connecting Chinese and adoption of the Geneva now the most unstable Fund for Strategic EU development strate- Communiqu on resolv- region in the world, de- Investments (EFSI), gies has become one of ing the cataclysmic con- clared Ban, saying it is known as the Juncker the highlights of Li’s Eu- flict in Syria, the suffer- “increasingly controlled Plan, with the China- rope visit. ing of the Syrian people by a patchwork of Syrian proposed Belt and “The integration of de- continues to plumb new and non-state actors, in- Road Initiative and an velopment strategies is depths,” Ban said. secretaries-general of the League of Arab States, na, France, Russia, the United States, Turkey, cluding Daesh and the Al international produc- expected to inject fresh On June 30, 2012, the United Nations and the foreign ministers of Chi- United Kingdom, the Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar, Nusra Front.”(Xinhua) tion capacity coopera- impetus into China-EU tion plan championed economic ties, helping by Premier Li. them achieve win-win Concert Staged at UN, Calling S. Arabia Sentences The premier proposed cooperation and form combining China’s a community of inter- 57 Terrorist Suspects comparative advan- ests,” he said. The Belt Attention to Climate Change tages in production ca- and Road Initiative - UNITED NATIONS - An manity to the present day pacity and equipment namely the Silk Road array of international music has been a com- in Last 3 Months manufacturing with Economic Belt and the musicians staged a con- mon element present in RIYADH - Saudi courts or providing financial the advanced technol- 21st Century Maritime cert at the UN headquar- all cultures,” said Kutesa. have sentenced 57 sus- support. Among the ogy of European econ- Silk Road - was pro- ters on Tuesday night, An a cappella version pects in terrorism and suspects, 95 percent of omies. He called on the posed by Chinese Presi- intending to use the of Amazing Grace, per- incitement cases in the them are Saudis. two sides to join hands dent Xi Jinping in 2013 power of music to raise formed by a children’s last three months, Al The sentences were part in exploring third-par- with the aim to revive awareness about the dev- choir from Africa singing Eqtisadiya reported on of a campaign against ty markets. the ancient trade routes astating effects of climate the lyrics “I once was lost, Wednesday. terrorism and extrem- With both China and between Asia and Eu- change. but now am found; Was The verdicts vary from ism. In May, a suicide Europe facing the task rope, break infrastruc- “The Transformative blind, but now I see,” led capital punishment, bomber blew himself of maintaining steady ture bottlenecks and Power of Music” con- the audience chorus. fines, travel ban and up at a mosque’s park- economic growth and boost efficient allocation cert, hosted by UN Gen- The UN General Assem- imprisonment from six ing lot, leaving four optimizing their eco- of resources.(Xinhua) eral Assembly President bly high-level event on months to 20 years. people dead, including Sam Kutesa in support climate change conclud- The suspects were the bomber himself. of the UN “2015: Time performers from across repertoires. ed on Monday, at which charged of joining The Islamic State (IS) Pakistan PM Visits Heat for Global Action” cam- five continents playing “Let us not forget that UN Secretary-General fighting in Iraq and Syr- claimed responsibility paign, gathered 140 a wide range of musical from the dawn of hu- ...(More on P4)...(23) ia, sheltering fugitives for the blast.(Xinhua) Wave-Hit Karachi ISLAMABAD - Paki- patients were reported stan Prime Minister in Karachi hospitals Russia-US Ties Alive and well at Obama says ‘I will Walk Away’ Nawaz Sharif flew to the during this period, out port city of Karachi on of which about 1,250 Iran Nuclear Talks from Bad Iran Deal Wednesday, where heat lost their lives. “Most of VIENNA - Russia-U.S. a deal to prevent Iran want to lose out on a key WASHINGTON - US sent a fresh warning to framework agreement waves have killed 1,250 those who lost their lives relations are at a post- from being able to make plank of his foreign-poli- President Barack Oba- Iran’s leaders and ne- reached in Switzerland people over the past ten were homeless peo- Cold War low just about nuclear weapons. Offi- cy legacy. ma warned Tuesday he gotiators. in April. days. ple, including beggars, everywhere, except at the cials on both sides credit The Obama administra- will “walk away” from Obama said his instruc- “If they cannot, that’s Sharif presided over a whose dehydration was Iran nuclear talks. the other with pragmatic tion has said it could a bad nuclear deal with tions to negotiators in going to be a problem meeting of senior of- aggravated due to fast- Despite a chill over the proposals and good faith strike Iran’s nuclear fa- Iran, as Tehran and Vienna had been “ex- because I’ve said from ficials on the “ recent ing in extreme weath- Ukraine crisis that has that transcends their cilities militarily should six world powers gave tremely clear” -- that the start, I will walk intense heat wave in Ka- er,” an official said at spread to almost every broader differences. For diplomatic attempts to themselves until July 7 a deal must block Iran away from the nego- rachi and the resulting the meeting. Hundreds element of their relation- the U.S., failure to get curb its nuclear activities to reach an agreement. from getting a nuclear tiations if, in fact it’s casualties,” the PM of- people were still being ship, Moscow and Wash- an agreement carries the fail. Israel is even more Insisting there must be weapon. a bad deal,” he told a fice said. treated in at least four ington continue to find unappealing risk of in- upfront about threaten- a “strong, rigorous ver- He said there had been joint press conference The prime minister was government-owned and common cause on one of volvement in a new Mid- ing to launch air attacks, ification mechanism” “a lot of talk” from Ira- with visiting Brazilian informed that the heat private hospitals, the the most pressing issues east conflict, nor does a move that could draw for monitoring Iran’s nian negotiators ques- President Dilma Rouss- wave hit Karachi on June provincial health de- on the global agenda — President Barack Obama the U.S. into the fray.(AP) nuclear sites, Obama tioning the terms of a eff.(AFP) 19 and more than 65,000 partments said.(Xinhua) Syria’s Assad May Be Left German Finmin says No Basis Video Shows Syria Rebel Group Nuclear Talks Are ‘Making with Rump State: Israel for New Deal with Greece Executing 18 IS Fighters Progress’: Zarif TEL AVIV - A senior one who lost Syria,” Gi- BERLIN - German Fi- clarity on what Greece BEIRUT - A Syrian rebel production mimics many Israeli defense official lad told an intelligence nance Minister Wolf- wanted. group operating around aspects of IS’s own ex- said President Bashar conference organized gang Schaeuble said The minister added in a Damascus has executed ecution videos, with al-Assad controlled just by the Israel Defense on Wednesday that the press conference in Ber- 18 alleged members of similar sound effects and a fifth of Syria and may journal on Monday. situation had changed lin that the situation had the Islamic State group visuals. end up in charge of a “Until now he has lost after Tuesday midnight changed after Tuesday in a video mimicking the Jaysh al-Islam fighters rump state dominated 75 percent of Syria ... He and there was no basis midnight when the sec- extremist organisation’s in the video say the IS by his minority Alawite is, practically, governor now for a new deal with ond bailout program for own productions. forces are being executed sect. of 20 percent of Syria. Greece. Greece expired. The video, which in part as revenge for the Israel and its neighbor And his future, if I may Schaeuble confirmed that “Today we are in a totally emerged overnight, deaths of at least three of Syria are long-term predict it, is shrink- Athens had submitted a different situation. At the shows fighters from the rebel group’s mem- enemies, but the re- ing all of the time. And new proposal to its credi- moment there is no basis Jaysh al-Islam (Army of bers who were beheaded marks by Amos Gilad, maybe we will have tors, but said the latest of- for serious actions,” he Islam) wearing the or- by IS. VIENNA - Nuclear will use every opportu- strategic adviser to him as the president fer displayed no further said.(Xinhua) ange prison clothes that The rebel group also re- talks between Iran and nity to make progress.” Israeli Defense Minis- of ‘Alawistan’,” Gilad IS victims often sport. fers to a major battle it six world powers have He said Tuesday’s deci- ter Moshe Yaalon, re- added. Militants Attack Egyptian Army The IS prisoners however fought with IS in Febru- been making progress sion by the six powers flect concerns by states Since March, Assad has are wearing black clothes ary. It accuses IS of be- and will continue to do and Iran to extend the across the region that steadily lost territory Checkpoints in Sinai, Kill 50 and chained together ing allied with President so, Iran’s Foreign Min- terms of an interim nu- Syria is undergoing a in the northwest, south wearing ankle and hand Bashar al-Assad’s regime ister Mohammad Javad clear deal until July 7 de facto partition after and central Syria to an shackles with metal balls against its fighters and Zarif told reporters on after they missed a June four years of civil war. array of groups includ- attached. those of other Islamist re- Wednesday. 30 deadline for a long- “Syria is gone. Syria is ing Islamic State, the The nearly 20-minute bel groups.(AFP) “We have made pro- term accord did not dying. The funeral will al Qaeda-linked Nusra gress and we will make mean there was a new be declared in due time. Front, and rebels who progress,” he said after deadline. “We did not This Bashar Assad, he profess a more mod- U.S. Appoints New Envoy a one-on-one meeting set any deadline. We will be remembered in erate vision for Syria. with U.S. Secretary of will continue,” he said. history textbooks as the (Reuters) to Close Guantanamo State John Kerry. “We (Reuters) Detention Camp Israel Shuts Egypt WASHINGTON - The namo detention camp in Uzbekistan and Obama administration a “timely manner”. Crossing after Deadly on Tuesday appointed a The appointment of Wo- Russia Discuss Military EL-ARISH, Egypt - Islam- Cairo. The attacks set off new special envoy to lead losky came six months IS Attacks in Sinai ic militants on Wednes- fierce fighting between U.S. President Barack after the previous envoy Cooperation JERUSALEM - Israel on for delivering goods into day unleashed a wave of the army and the mili- Obama’s long-standing Cliff Sloan resigned last BISHKEK - Russian between Russia and Wednesday shut down Gaza. The Taba terminal, simultaneous attacks, in- tants that continued into promise to close the in- December amid fric- Deputy Defence Min- Uzbekistan. two border crossings into used by travelers headed cluding suicide car bomb- Wednesday afternoon — ternationally denounced tion between the State ister Anatoly Antonov The sides noted the Egypt and the adjacent to the battle-free area of ings, on Egyptian army the fiercest clashes in dec- detention center at Guan- Department and the met with Deputy De- traditionally friendly Gaza Strip, following southern Sinai, was still checkpoints in the restive ades in the peninsula. tanamo Bay in Cuba. Pentagon over delays in fence Minister of Uz- character of interaction deadly attacks by the Is- open in the afternoon northern Sinai Peninsula, The scope and intensity of U.S. Secretary of State prisoner releases. The bekistan Nurmuham- and the absence of bar- lamic State (IS) in Egypt’s however. killing at least 50 soldiers, the attacks underscored John Kerry said on Tues- position of the special en- mad Mullabayev in St. riers for its intensifica- northern Sinai desert. The Defense Ministry security and military offi- the resilience and ad- day that the appointment voy had been vacant for Petersburg. tion. The Israeli Defense Min- said that the military is cials said. vanced planning by the of Lee Wolosky, a former six months. The meeting took Antonov stressed the istry said in a statement closely monitoring the The coordinated morning militants who have for National Security Coun- Though pledging to place prior to the SCO importance of find- that it ordered the tem- border area in light of the assaults in Sinai came a years battled Egyptian cil director under former shutter the controver- Defense Ministers ing new forms and porary closing of the recent events. “The secu- day after Egypt’s presi- security forces in north- President Bill Clinton sial Guantanamo deten- Meeting, which was directions of military Nitzana terminal, sever- rity threat and alert level dent pledged to step up ern Sinai but intensified and President George W. tion camp shortly after held on June 30. contacts aimed at im- ing the main commer- was raised along the bor- the battle against Islamic their insurgency over the Bush, as the U.S. State he took office in 2009, The two defense min- proving the national cial goods transportation der with Egypt and Is- militants and two days past two years just as the Department’s Special Obama’s effort to close isters discussed the security of both coun- route between Israel and raeli Air Force planes are after the country’s state government threw more Envoy for Guantanamo the detention camp, in- state and prospects of tries. The sides agreed Egypt, along with Kerem circulating in the area,” it prosecutor was assas- resources into the drawn- Closure was aimed at famous for torturing military and military- to further enhance mil- Shalom, a terminal used said.(Xinhua) sinated in the capital, out fight.(AP) phasing out the Guanta- ...(More on P4)...(24) technical cooperation itary ties.(AKIpress)