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Relations between the US and China remain tense due to trade disputes, technology competition and geopolitical differences. Diplomatic gestures such as exchanging gifts are used to maintain communication channels.
American President Donald Trump presented Chinese President Xi Jinping with a statue of a bald eagle, considered the national symbol of the United States. CNN reports this.
Trump presented a gift to his Chinese counterpart during a gala dinner at the White House. “We hope it will find a good place in Beijing,” he said.
Trump said that the statue was created by an outstanding American artist, while, according to him, he and his wife Melania also took part in it.

Director of the Department of European Problems of the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladislav Maslennikov said that Russia will give a verified and targeted response to EU countries in the event of the seizure of its frozen assets, emphasizing that Moscow will continue to protect its interests, taking into account the whole range of circumstances.

Russia and Western countries in the OSCE agreed on a budget for 2026 based on an overall reduction in the organization's spending, despite the general confrontation. The final budget indicators corresponded to Russia’s position, said Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky in Vienna.

Oleg Soskin, a former assistant to Leonid Kuchma, said on his YouTube channel that Vladimir Zelensky is in vain hoping for a quiet life after the end of the Ukrainian conflict and will not be able to escape responsibility for his actions.
Iran has proposed a new deal to the US aimed at ending the months-long conflict before the November midterm elections, challenging Trump's claim that Tehran is delaying talks until after the vote. The offer includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz within a week in exchange for lifting the US blockade, easing oil export restrictions, and releasing frozen assets, with negotiations to resume on Iran's nuclear program.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed over to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres a report on the provocation in Bucha, prepared by the International Public Tribunal headed by Grigoriev, and demanded a detailed study of the facts of the staging of events by the Kyiv regime and its NATO sponsors. The results of Guterres's tenure and UN reform were also discussed.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban expressed readiness to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss bilateral relations, despite Hungary's recent expulsion of ten Russian embassy staffers, which Moscow called unfriendly but said it wants to preserve ties with Hungary.