Beijing, July 11 — China's Premier Li Qiang met North Korea's Premier Pak Tae-song. Li said China will align development strategies with North Korea, steadily expand bilateral economic and trade ties, promote connectivity, and deepen cooperation in healthcare and education. Both sides pledged to strengthen people-to-people exchanges and intensify strategic coordination amid a complex international environment to jointly defend their legitimate rights and international fairness.

Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said if the Middle East conflict persists, the global oil market will break out of the current roughly $80–$100 per barrel range by Q1 2027 at the latest, boosting inflation and depressing energy demand. Strategic reserve releases have so far kept prices in that band, but reserves are finite and the approach faces rising risk. Iran-related disruptions since late February have driven average daily inventory draws of about 3.8 mln barrels, accelerating to 4.6 mln bpd in May. Descalzi called for diversification of supply sources and routes — highlighting North Africa, sub‑Saharan Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia — and urged reduced reliance on sea lanes under concentrated control.

卡塔爾埃米爾辦公室：卡塔爾埃米爾與巴基斯坦總理確認，將繼續合作支持地區安全，維護航運和海上通道安全。