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The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where China receives state visits, in October 2025.

China and Oman call for shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz and sign 14 agreements in Beijing

Official portrait of Ignazio Cassis, Switzerland's foreign minister, taken for the Swiss federal government.

Switzerland reopens its diplomatic office in Pyongyang, and Cassis makes the first Swiss ministerial visit to North Korea since 2003

The Palácio do Itamaraty, seat of Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Brasília, in 2020.

Brazil and Argentina

Brazil presses Argentina for answers on Flávio Bolsonaro's departure, and Amorim calls the relationship its "worst moment"

Finland's president, Alexander Stubb, arrives at the NATO summit in The Hague, in June 2025.

Finland and Norway spend 90 minutes on the phone with Putin, and Denmark and Sweden criticise a move made outside the European bloc

Viktor Orbán speaks in Kossuth Square, Budapest, on 15 March 2012, when he was prime minister of Hungary.

Trump administration pushes Viktor Orbán for UN Secretary-General, and Russia says it will not nominate him

Northern Tehran seen from the top of the Milad Tower in April 2019. The Iranian capital receives the three delegations on Monday.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey send their defence and intelligence chiefs to Tehran for security talks

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (left) meeting Iran's Foreign Minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, at the Iranian foreign ministry in November 2025.

Seven foreign ministers launch the R4+E3 format in Istanbul, with the Strait of Hormuz at the top of the agenda

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Attard, Malta, in December 2024.

Israel and the Netherlands

Israel revokes the diplomatic status of Dutch representatives in Ramallah

Michelle Bachelet during a meeting at the Palácio do Planalto in Brasília in July 2024.

Bachelet drops out of the UN secretary-general race