Key Events of the Past Week (July 6 — July 12)

🇮🇷🇺🇸US President Donald Trump declared that the memorandum of understanding with Iran was no longer in effect after the two countries repeatedly exchanged strikes.

🇫🇷🇸🇾French President Emmanuel Macron paid an official visit to Syria. He became the first Western European leader to visit the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

🇺🇳The 36th NATO Summit was held in Ankara.

🇭🇺Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok rejected the constitutional amendment proposed by Peter Magyar that would have led to the president's removal from office.

🇳🇦🇨🇳 Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah paid a state visit to China. The two leaders announced the elevation of bilateral relations to a China-Namibia community with a shared future in the new era.

🇱🇦The SCO and Laos signed a memorandum on granting Vientiane the status of the organization's Dialogue Partner.

🇰🇷🇲🇳South Korean President Lee Jae Myung paid a state visit to Mongolia. He became the first Korean head of state to be invited as an official guest of honour at Mongolia’s Naadam National Festival.