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

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

KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah heads Kuwait's delegation participating in the 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, between March 16-17.

MOSCOW -- Russian Presidency announces that the Chinese President Xi Jinping would visit Moscow next week.

BERLIN -- Flights are suspended at Germany's Cologne-Bonn and Dusseldorf airports due to workers' strike.

TOKYO -- Japan expands its sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day, the Foreign Ministry says. (end) mt