China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to submit a pact upgrading their free trade areas to their leaders for approval in October, according to China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Beijing on Sunday to participate in a meeting of the Council of Organization (SCO), Russian media reported on Sunday. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Saturday that the Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO Member States will be held in Tianjin on July 15.

President Trump previously said diplomatic talks could resume as early as this week, but Iran's foreign minister said he didn't think they would "restart as quickly as that."

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday that Berlin was only in technical contact with representatives of the Taliban's de facto government in Afghanistan, nothing more, and would continue to monitor the human rights situation there.

To develop a more coordinated regional response to economic headwinds and rising trade tensions, ASEAN foreign and economic ministers are set to hold a joint meeting in October ahead of a leaders' summit.

Nigeria cannot accept Venezuelans because "we already have over 230 million people," says the foreign minister.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who also served as Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's special representative to the Middle East and to Africa, was relieved of his duties on Wednesday at his own request,