Today, the lower house of the Netherlands Parliament will discuss the ratification of Ukraine’s association agreement with the European Union.
The current minister of defense of Iran Hossein Dehghan has officially announced this decision.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pays a two-day visit to the US, where he will visit Pearl Harbor.
The Latvian parliament (Saeima) is going to prolong its participation in NATO's mission in Afghanistan until the end of 2020.
The ceremony for the handover of 4 hectares of land in Okinawa is going to be held today by the US military under the jurisdiction of the Japanese authorities. This will be the largest return of land since 1972.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said that Japan asked the US to suspend flights of tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey project until their safety is reviewed.
There was an explosion at the military base in Ulsan in South Korea, probably because of the non-compliance of the safety regulations. 20 people were injured, 5 of them were hospitalized.
Greenland has sent an application to Denmark to remove of all US facilities from its territory.
Speaking at the conference, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri said the country needs military bases on the territory of Syria and Yemen.
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada declared that Japan was seriously considering the possibility of placing the US missile defense system on its territory (similar to the one installed in South Korea).