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2022 - 12 - 9

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Baltic Prime Ministers meet in RÄ«ga (Eng.Lsm.lv)

Friday December 9 sees the Latvian government hosting a meeting of Prime Ministers of the Baltic Council of Ministers, with the participation of Prime ...

Regional cooperation in the energy sector and the implementation of the Rail Baltica project will also be on the agenda. The Baltic Council of Ministers (BCM), established on 13 June 1994, is an institution for governmental co-operation between Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The Baltic Prime Ministers will discuss further support to Ukraine through both international organisations and bilateral assistance, as well as their reception of Ukrainian refugees.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Lebanese Prime Minister (CGTN)

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Xi pointed out that China and Lebanon share a ...

Mikati also expressed a desire to cooperate with China in the fields like solar energy and electricity, and welcomed Chinese enterprises to invest in Lebanon. He also stressed that China will continue to carry out its peacekeeping mission and contribute to maintaining peace in Lebanon. Xi pointed out that China and Lebanon share a long history of friendship and have always supported each other.

Xi meets Algerian prime minister (Xinhua)

RIYADH, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane here on Friday. Emphasizing that China and Algeria ...

For his part, Benabderrahmane said that Xi has broad support of the Chinese people and has led China to a successful path of development with remarkable achievements. Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. He congratulated Algeria on assuming the rotating presidency of the League of Arab States, and said China is willing to work with Algeria to create new prospects for relations between China and Arab countries, and strengthen cooperation within the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

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Xi met with Algerian prime minister (CGTN)

On the evening of December 9, local time, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane in Riyadh.

For his part, Benabderrahmane said that Xi has broad support of the Chinese people and has led China to a successful path of development with remarkable achievements. He congratulated Algeria on assuming the rotating presidency of the League of Arab States, and said China is willing to work with Algeria to create new prospects for relations between China and Arab countries, and strengthen cooperation within the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Xi pointed out that Algeria has long adhered to independence and played an important role in safeguarding legitimate rights and interests of developing countries, and China is willing to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with Algeria to jointly practice true multilateralism.

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Statement from Premier Silver after meeting with Prime Minister ... (Government of Yukon)

Bilateral engagements this week between Premier Silver and federal Cabinet advanced Yukon priorities in Ottawa.

We also talked about the importance of working in partnership with Indigenous governments to move the territory and the country forward. These are issues that are important to Yukoners where we can benefit from partnership and collaboration with the federal government. “This week I met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of the federal Cabinet to discuss the Yukon’s top priorities for the next federal budget and areas where our governments can continue to work together.

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How to be a former prime minister (BBC News)

But what do former prime ministers and presidents do with themselves once they've left office? How do they continue to make a mark? And what might Boris Johnson ...

It's hard for people to take the view that actually out of crisis you could find some opportunity to break the mould and get things done." The key, she says, is that as a former prime minister there is a big difference between Mr Brown and how other lobbyists or experts are received by people at the very top of government. And the people are overwhelmed by the scale of the challenges. "In the last few months what we've been doing in pushing this, is to make sure that we institutionalise the delivery system," he told the guests. Helen Clark, a former prime minister of New Zealand, has a simple answer to that one: "The first thing you do is take a long break," she says. "People want to have hope," she replied. Former Irish President Mary Robinson stood down early in order to take up a job as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are both only months out of office, and still MPs, so perhaps it's no surprise they haven't yet set off on a shiny new career. Close observers may detect an echo of his own premiership, in which a focus on delivery and establishment of a Delivery Unit were hallmarks. But it can also be a way of wielding influence - as she travelled the world, Margaret Thatcher's speeches always pressed the case for her reforms, her view of the world. So Mr Brown focused the question of funding education in low and middle income countries. "None of the major problems we have…

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