Briefing of KUNA main news for Tuesday until 12:00 GMT

GENEVA — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk calls for an immediate cessation to hostilities in Sudan and pleaded with the Sudan Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces to return to the negotiating table.

TOKYO — China’s economy grows 4.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, official data shows.

CAIRO — President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi stresses the need for negotiations in Sudan to end the crisis, warning of the consequences of interference in Sudan’s internal affairs, saying that what is currently happening in Sudan is an internal matter that should never be interfered with.

TOKYO — Foreign Ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialized countries wrap up their three-day meeting, calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks separately with major figures involved in the recent alarming developments in Sudan, calling for efforts to reach a ceasefire and the end the violence.

Source: Kuwait News Agency