News in Brief
‘Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus’
REUTERS – Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the facilities are ready on July 7-8, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday in a meeting in Sochi.
“So, everything is according to plan, everything is stable,” Putin said, according to a readout from the Kremlin.
Palestinian president to visit China next week
AFP – Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will make a state visit to China next week, Beijing said Friday.
“At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, president of the state of Palestine Mahmud Abbas will pay a state visit to China from June 13 to 16,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said.
“He is the first Arab head of state received by China this year, fully embodying the high level of China-Palestine good relations, which have traditionally been friendly,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular briefing later.