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Briefing of KUNA main news for Friday until 00:00 GMT

GENEVA -- The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) fully lifted the suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) as a result of the successful implementation of a roadmap agreed between all parties.

KHARTOUM -- Sudanese Transitional Military Council and the Forces of Freedom and Change Declaration reached a historic agreement on the formation of the sovereign council and a government of independent and competent personalites headed by an independent prime minister.

TEHRAN -- Iran would increase uranium enrichment to five percent as of next Sunday, exceeding the allowed percentage mentioned in the nuclear deal signed in 2015, a senior Iranian official said.

PARIS -- Kuwait won a seat on the Executive Council of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Kuwaiti Permanent Representative to UNESCO Dr. Adam Al-Mullah said.

ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed that the forthcoming summit that would group his country with Russia and Iran would focus on conditions in Syrian province of Idlib. (end) bs