The Kremlin said UK Prime Minister Burnham's remarks at the United Nations inflamed anti-Russian sentiment and had no positive effect in cooling the situation in Europe.

The second meeting of the China‑Uzbekistan law enforcement and security cooperation mechanism was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu on the 23rd, co‑chaired by Politburo member and Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary Chen Wenqing and Uzbekistan Presidential Security Council Secretary Mahmudov. Chen said China is willing to jointly implement leaders' consensus and fully use the mechanism to strengthen counterpart exchanges between law‑enforcement and security agencies. Both sides agreed to upgrade cooperation and expand joint enforcement against terrorism, separatism and extremism, telecom network fraud, cross‑border gambling and other transnational crime, deepen cybersecurity cooperation and protection of overseas interests, enhance multilateral coordination and promote high‑quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative.

China's most-active government bond futures contracts at the morning session close: 2-year (TS) -0.02%, 5-year (TF) -0.04%, 10-year (T) -0.03%, 30-year (TL) -0.04%.