Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

    
     FGN52: IRAN-ARAGHCHI-2NDLD RUSSIA
     *Putin meets Iran's FM Araghchi, says Russia ready to do its best to help bring peace to West Asia
     Moscow: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday met Russian President Vladimir Putin, who hailed the Iranian people for fighting bravely and heroically for their sovereignty and said Moscow is ready to do its best to help bring peace to West Asia as soon as possible.
    
     FGN6: US-TRUMP
     Wasn't worried, wanted to see what was happening: Trump on evacuation after shooting
     Washington: US President Donald Trump said he wanted to see what was happening when Secret Service agents hustled him out of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night after a gunman opened fire at the hotel.
    
     FGN34: CHINA-WH-DINNER-REAX
     ‘Condemn illegal violence’, China on attack on WH Correspondents' Dinner
     Beijing: China on Monday said it opposes and condemns "illegal violence” in its cryptic reaction to a shooting incident at White House Correspondents' Dinner attended by the US President Donald Trump.

     FGN36: CHINA-PAK-TIES
     China says its ties with Pakistan maintain 'robust development'
     Beijing: China on Monday said its all-weather ties with Pakistan maintained “sound momentum and robust development” this year as it welcomed Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari's current visit to the country.
    
     FGN39: PAK-CHINA-MOUS
     Pak, China ink 3 MoUs to boost cooperation on desalination, agricultural tech and tea sector
     Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed three MoUs to strengthen bilateral cooperation in water desalination, agricultural technology, and the tea industry.
     FGN22: NEPAL-MISRI-VISIT
     Foreign Secretary Misri likely to visit Nepal next month: sources
     Kathmandu: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is likely to travel to Nepal next month, the first high-level visit from India after the formation of the Balendra Shah-led government in March, official sources here said on Monday.
    
     FGN17: IRAN-ARAGHCHI-LD PAK
     Iran's FM Araghchi calls his Islamabad visit 'successful' after arriving in Russia
     Moscow: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, after arrival in Russia on Monday, said that his trip to Islamabad was “very productive” and involved “good consultations" with Pakistan's top leadership, amid uncertainty over the second round of peace talks to resolve the war in West Asia.
    
     FGN45: IRAN-4THLD US
     Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say
     Cairo: Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the US lifting its blockade on the country and an end to the war, while proposing that discussions on the larger question of its nuclear programme would come in a later phase, two regional officials said Monday. (AP)*

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