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A delegation of Hanoi capital led by Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan on August 16 had a working session with the US’ administration of Washington, D.C.

The US-sponsored John Midgett coast guard ship, a Hamilton-class cutter, has departed from Seattle (Washington) and is expected to arrive in Vietnam in the coming days.

His remark comes amid simmering tensions between Washington and Tehran, which escalated earlier this week when the Islamic Republic announced that it would be partially discontinuing its obligations under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Shortly after, the US slapped fresh sanctions on Iran’s iron, steel, aluminium, and copper sectors.

A symposium called “Settlement of war consequences: Path to reconciliation and future cooperation between Vietnam and the US” will be held in Washington on March 26.

The United States announced a new raft of sanctions on Iran on Monday and threatened further action to pressure its old adversary, steps the Islamic Republic condemned as “economic war” and vowed to defy.

China and Japan on Friday pledged to forge closer ties as both countries stood together at an “historic turning point”, signing a broad range of agreements including a $30 billion currency swap pact, amid rising trade tensions with Washington.

US President Donald Trump has chosen Washington commercial lawyer Pat Cipollone as his next White House counsel, media reported citing sources familiar with the situation.

A South Korean newspaper reported Wednesday that Japan has conveyed to the United States its readiness to host a second U.S.-North Korea summit being arranged by Washington and Pyongyang.

Russia will impose without hesitation symmetrical measures against the United States if it were to limit the travel radius of Russian diplomats in the country, Andrei Klimov, the head of the commission on state sovereignty protection of the Russian Federation Council, told Sputnik on Monday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet US President Donald Trump in the White House March 14, sources in the US and German governments confirmed March 3.