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April 13, 2023
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6 Khar to attend Afghanistan neighbours moot today

• Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar will lead a Pakistani delegation to the 4th meeting of the `Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan` to be held in Samarkand on April 13, 2023 (today).
• On the sidelines of the ministerial huddle, Ms Khar will hold bilateral meetings with leaders of the participating states.
• The mechanism was launched in 2021 on Pakistan`s initiative with a view to evolving a regional approach on the situation in Afghanistan

April 13, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs

7 China, India aggressively buying cheaper spot LNG

• Cheaper spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) are luring price-sensitive buyers back in Asia, with China and India recording rising imports in March.
• The spot price of LNG for delivery to north Asia LNG-AS was $12.50 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) in the week to April 6, steady from the previous week, which was the lowest level since June 2021.
• The price has dropped 67 per cent from its northern winter peak of $38 per mmBtu, reached in mid December and is also down 82.3pc from its record high of $70.50 from August last year, hit when European demand for the super-chilled fuel surged during the energy crisis sparked by Russia`s invasion of Ukraine

8 Tsai leading Taiwan to `stormy seas`, warns China

• China said on April 12, 2023 that President Tsai Ing-wen was pushing Taiwan into `stormy seas` after Beijing held military exercises in response to Tsai`s recent meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California.
• Tsai said the overseas trip, which included the meeting with McCarthy in the US and stops in Guatemala and Belize, showed the world Taiwan`s determination to defend freedom and democracy. China views Tsai as a separatist and has rebuffed repeated calls from her for talks. Tsai says she wants peace but that her government will defend Taiwan if it is attacked.
• `Tsai Ing-wen brought danger to Taiwan. Tsai Ingwen almost completely sided the United States, pushing Taiwan into stormy seas,` China`s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said on April 12, 2023

9 Taliban defend ban on working women as an `internal issue`

• A ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations was an internal issue, the country`s Taliban authorities said on April 12, 2023, adding that the decision `should be respected by all sides`.
• Taliban authorities triggered international outrage earlier this month after extending a December ban on Afghan women working for non-governmental organisations to the UN.
• `The Islamic Emirate does not want to create obstacles for the United Nations,` Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement on Wednesday. `Rather, it wants to make it clear that this is an internal issue of Afghanistan which does not create a problem for anyone and should be respected by all sides

10 Iran opens embassy gates in Riyadh

• Iran`s embassy in Saudi Arabia reopened its gates on April 12, 2023 for the first time in seven years, a Reuters witness said, under a deal to re-establish ties that could ease a long-standing rivalry that has helped fuel conflicts around the Middle East.
• The heavy gates of the Iranian embassy`s compound were open in Riyadh with a team inspecting its premises, a Reuters reporter said. A white truck was seen arriving at the gate.
• The diplomatic mission opened hours after the Iranian foreign ministry said a technical delegation arrived in the kingdom

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