"Today the country is facing an attempted coup d'état. Today the country faces once again interests so that democracy in Bolivia is cut short," President Luis Arce said in comments from the presidential palace, with armed soldiers outside."The Bolivian people are summoned today. We need the Bolivian people to organize and mobilize against the coup d'état in favor of democracy."

The news brings the total number of arrests to 21.

Zúñiga has been handed a terrorism charge, which carries 15-20 years in prison, Siles said, as well as a charge for an armed uprising, which carries a sentence of 5-15 years.

Zúñiga later said he was following an order from President Luis Arce, who has denied having any involvement or prior knowledge of Zuniga's operation.

ChatGPT | Bolivian president orchestrated a 'self-coup,', 1 July
On Sunday, Morales joined others who contend Arce himself orchestrated the incident in an attempt to win the sympathy of Bolivians at a time when his popularity is extremely low.

Later on Monday, Arce's rival and former President Evo Morales also condemned Milei's statements: "No matter our differences with the current government, we do not lose sight of the fact that Milei is an enemy of the people," he said on X.

SCO (2001 FTA): CN, IN, IR, KZ, KG, PK, RU, TJ, UZ; AM*, AF*, AZ*, BY, TR*, LK*, KH*, SA*, EG*, MY*, MV*, KW*, AE*
Settlement among SCO countries underway (22.09.23)
Exchanging hugs (15.05.24)
defensenews | How Russia surprised the West and rebuilt its force (21.05.24)

"isolation"
sectsco.org | Meeting of the SCO Council of National Coordinators, 2 July

The draft versions of the Astana Declaration, leaders' decisions, the Secretary General's Report on the SCO Performance in 2023-2024 were discussed, as well as other documents on the political, diplomatic, trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian aspects of the SCO's multilateral activities. The issue and procedure for admitting the Republic of Belarus as a full member state to the SCO were also considered.

The expected admission of Belarus to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at its annual leaders' summit in Astana, Kazakhstan is another push by Beijing and Moscow to transform the grouping—from a regional security bloc [sic] into a geopolitical counterweight to Western institutions led by the United States and its allies. Belarus, which helped Russia to launch its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, will become the latest authoritarian state to join the club, after Iran became a full member last year.

Mao Ning: At the invitation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Kazakhstan from July 2 to 3. This is President Xi Jinping's fifth visit to Kazakhstan and the first visit to Central Asia by China's top leader after the 20th CPC National Congress. This visit bears historic significance.

On Tuesday, Russia said Putin will hold series of bilateral talks, including with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is expected in Moscow this month [8-9 July], will not attend and the country will be represented by Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the ministry said on Tuesday. At last year's virtual summit, the group issued a statement [New Delhi Declaration of the Council of the Heads of State of Shanghai Co-operation Organization, (EN) 9 pp pdf ] critical of what it said was the negative impact of "unilateral and unlimited expansion of global missile defence systems by certain countries or groups of countries", without directly referring to NATO's expansion and Western military assistance to Ukraine.

Kazakhstan took over the chairmanship from India in July 2023. Since then, the nation has organized over 150 events across various domains to address security, stability, and development within the now ten-member SCO. The two-day summit adopted several key documents, including the Astana Declaration, the initiative on World Unity for Just Peace, Harmony, and Development proposed by Kazakhstan, the SCO Development Strategy until 2025, Cooperation Program to Counter Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism for 2025-2027, the Anti-Drug Strategy, and the Energy Cooperation Development Strategy.

9 July
news.un | Casualties rise in Ukraine amid escalating Russian attacks, Security Council hears
brief synopsis
youtube, A/V 02:05:15 (sidebar transcript)

Security Council, 9682nd meeting - Maintenance of international peace and security (Ukraine)
webtv.un, A/V 02:18:02

statements (first - last): Acting Under-Sec. Gen. for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator (Msuya); Dr. Volodymyr Zhovnir, Dir. Okhmatdyt Mother and Child Care Hospital, Kyiv, UA; Amb. Nicolas de Rivière, FR; Amb. José de la Gasca, EC; Amb. P. C. Baeriswyl, CH; Amb. Samuel Zbogar, SI; Amb. Hwang Joonkook, KR; Amb. Fu Cong, CN; Amb. M. I. Kanu, SL; Amb. Amar Bendjama, DZ; Amb, Vanessa Frazier, MT; Amb. P. C. Afonso, MZ; Amb. C. Rodrigues-Birkett, GY; Amb. Thomas-Greenfield, US; Amb. Wooward, UK; Amb. Shino Mitsuko, JP; V. Nebenzie, RF; Amb. Sergiy Kyslytsya, UA; Del. Stavros Lambrinidis, EU, Amb K. Szczerski, PL

UN Amb. Vassily Nebenzia (Russia) on Ukraine - Media Remarks, A/V 00:06:52

Baku hosted the opening of the first Congress with the participation of leaders of more than 15 political parties and movements for the independence of Corsica, Melanesia, Polynesia, and the Caribbean and Antilles group affected by French colonialism, organized by the People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe and with the support of the Baku Initiative Group.

The idea of holding the Congress belongs to political parties and movements fighting for the independence of the French overseas territories. 3 organizations from the islands of Bonaire and Saint Martin, which are colonies of the Netherlands, take part in the congress as honorary guests.

Abbas Abbasov, Executive Director of the Baku Initiative Group, said that during the recent riots in New Caledonia [!], members of the independence movement were illegally arrested by the French police. They were treated as terrorists, smuggled to Paris, and tortured in various ways. Some of them were women with small children. The Baku Initiative Group says it will provide assistance to the families of political prisoners and lawyers defending their rights.
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