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world news Diamars 28 Juni 2022

Putin to make 1st trip abroad since Ukraine conflict’s start

(AP) — President Vladi- in Moscow and one of the
mir Putin is making his movement’s officials was in-
first public foreign trip vited to the St. Petersburg In-
since Russia sent troops ternational Economic Forum
into Ukraine, heading for in June.
two former Soviet repub-
lics and meetings likely to The Kremlin “encourages
be friendly. the new Afghan authorities
to form an ethnically and
Ahead of the trip beginning politically balanced govern-
Tuesday to Tajikistan and ment and intensify actions
Turkmenistan, there were for combatting terrorist and
no expectations of significant drug threats,” Ushakov said.
developments. But the visit Putin on Wednesday is to
gives Putin the opportunity be in Ashgabat, the capi-
to show that he is not isolated tal of Turkmenistan, which
despite widespread sanctions largely seals itself off from
and denunciations from the the world. The purpose is to
West because of the Ukraine attend a summit of Caspian
operation. Sea littoral states, which also
include Azerbaijan, Iran and
At the first stop in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan.
Putin is to meet with author-
itarian President Emomali Kazakh President Kassym-
Rahmon, who has been in Jomart Tokayev raised eye-
office since 1994 and kept that a key part of the talks Tajikistan, where a 1990s civil ghanistan. brows at the St. Petersburg
his country close to Russia. with Rahmon will be dis- war that included Islamist forum when, while appear-
Tajikistan hosts some 7,000 cussing measures to improve insurgents killed as many as Russia is following a narrow ing on stage with Putin, he
Russian troops, Moscow’s security along Tajikistan’s po- 100,000 people, is wary of Is- path with Afghanistan — al- firmly stated that Kazakhstan
largest base abroad. rous, 1,357-kilometer (843- lamic radicalism spilling over though it officially desig- would not recognize the two
mile) border with Afghani- from Afghanistan. It also is nates the ruling Taliban as a separatist Ukrainian regions
Putin’s foreign policy adviser stan. a main route for heroin and terrorist group, the Taliban that Russia has declared to be
Yuri Ushakov said Monday opium smuggling from Af- also have a representation sovereign states.

Deaths rise to 23 from mass attempt to enter Spanish enclave

(AP) — The number of tional Spain. “The human
people who were killed rights of migrants and refu-
after they tried to scale a gees must be respected and
border fence between Mo- situations like that seen can-
rocco and a Spanish en- not happen again.”
clave in North Africa rose
to 23 Saturday as human Five rights organizations in
rights organizations in Morocco and APDHA, a hu-
Spain and Morocco called man rights group based in
on both countries to in- the southern Spanish region
vestigate the circumstanc- of Andalusia, also called for
es surrounding the deaths. inquiries.

Moroccan authorities said the The International Organiza-
individuals died as a result of tion for Migration and U.N.
a “stampede” of people who refugee agency UNHCR
attempted Friday to climb the also weighed in with a state-
iron fence that separates the ment that expressed “pro-
city of Melilla and Morocco. found sadness and concern”
In a statement, Morocco’s In- over what happened at the
terior Ministry said 76 civil- Morocco-Melilla border.
ians were injured along with “IOM and UNHCR urge all
140 Moroccan security offi- ing the border breach were that traffic in human beings,” In another of the associa- authorities to prioritize the
cers. being treated at hospitals in Sánchez said. tion’s videos, a Moroccan se- safety of migrants and refu-
the Moroccan cities of Nador His remarks came as the Mo- curity officer appeared to use gees, refrain from the exces-
The ministry initially report- and Oujda, MAP said. roccan Human Rights As- a baton to strike a person ly- sive use of force and uphold
ed five deaths. Local authori- sociation shared videos on ing on the ground. their human rights,” the or-
ties cited by Morocco’s of- Spanish Prime Minister Pe- social media that appeared to ganizations said.
ficial Television 2M updated dro Sánchez on Saturday show dozens of migrants ly- In a statement released late
the number to 18 on Satur- condemned what he de- ing on the ground, many of Friday, Amnesty Internation- In a statement published Sat-
day and then reported that scribed as a “violent assault” them motionless and a few al expressed its “deep con- urday, the Spanish Commis-
the death toll had climbed to and an “attack on the ter- bleeding, as Moroccan secu- cern” over the events at the sion for Refugees, CEAR,
23. The Moroccan Human ritorial integrity” of Spain. rity forces stood over them. border. decried what it described as
Rights Association reported Spanish officials said 49 Civil “the indiscriminate use of
27 dead, but the figure could Guards sustained minor in- “They were left there with- “Although the migrants may violence to manage migra-
not immediately be con- juries. out help for hours, which have acted violently in their tion and control borders”
firmed. increased the number of attempt to enter Melilla, and expressed concerns that
“If there is anyone respon- deaths,” the human rights when it comes to border con- the violence had prevented
Two members of Morocco’s sible for everything that ap- group said on Twitter. It trol, not everything goes,” people who were eligible for
security forces and 33 mi- pears to have taken place at called for a “comprehensive” said Esteban Beltrán, the di- international protection from
grants who were injured dur- that border, it is the mafias investigation. rector of Amnesty Interna- reaching Spanish soil.