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CHINA

Nigeria's FM to pay eight-day official visit

Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar will pay an eight-day official visit to China starting from Wednesday, China's Foreign Ministry has announced. During his visit, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Nigerian counterpart will co-chair the first Plenary Session of the China-Nigeria Intergovernmental Committee, ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Tuesday. The committee between the two countries was established in 2021. Nigeria is the largest project contract market, second-largest export market and third-largest trading partner of China in Africa. Last year, bilateral trade volume reached $22.56 billion.

INDIA

Trade, defense focus of talks with Washington

India and the United States pledged on Monday to boost defense and technology cooperation and remove long-standing barriers to bilateral strategic trade, following a meeting between the national security advisers of both countries. US National Security adviser Jake Sullivan is on a two-day visit to the Indian capital New Delhi, the first from a high-ranking US official since Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a third straight term in India's general election earlier this month. Sullivan held talks with Modi and met with his counterpart Ajit Doval.

CENTRAL AMERICA

13 killed as heavy rains pound region

Thirteen people have died in flooding and landslides in El Salvador and Guatemala as heavy rains pound Central America, authorities from the two countries said. In El Salvador, the hardest-hit country so far, 11 people died from Friday to Monday, civil defense chief Luis Amaya said. President Nayib Bukele said on X that he had asked Congress to make Tuesday a federal holiday to avoid commutes and "reduce the risk of tragedies". In Guatemala, a woman and a man died on Sunday in the village of Chacaya when they were buried by a collapsed wall, authorities said.

China Daily - Agencies