The Global Coalition Against IS has begun in Rome. 83 country ministers and representatives participated in the meeting which is chaired by Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The global coalition, established in September 2014, and aims to combat the financing and economic infrastructure of DAESH.
Russia has handed over the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers in exchange for 19 Russian soldiers as part of an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul.
Russian Vice President Vladimir Medinsky stated, “As a continuation of the Istanbul agreements, we returned 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers today and received the bodies of 19 of our own. May they all rest in peace in their homeland.”
The Kremlin confirmed that the exchange follows the second round of peace talks held in June in Istanbul. According to Russian state agency TASS, the transfer marks the beginning of a broader process to return 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers’ bodies.
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