April 26, Thursday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are set to meet on Friday at a facility on the South Korean side of the military demarcation line in the truce village of Panmunjom.
  2. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed discontent over France’s new proposal on his country’s nuclear and missile development.
  3. The foreign ministers of Japan and Iran have agreed that Iran’s nuclear deal with 6 world powers must remain intact, with the United States upholding the deal.