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Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stressed that Vienna talks have made significant progress but important issues have still remained.

Referring to his phone call with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, Amir-Abdollahian wrote on his official Twitter account, “We had discussed the latest developments regarding the Vienna Talks”.

18 Feb 2022; MEMO: India and the United Arab Emirates signed a broad trade and investment pact on Friday (February 18) that will eventually cut all tariffs on each other's goods and aims to more than double the annual trade between the two nations to $100 billion within five years, Reuters reports.

The virtual signing ceremony marks the first trade deal sealed by the Gulf State since it began pursuing such pacts last September in a bid to strengthen its status as a business hub.

17 Feb 2022; MEMO: A US-Iranian deal taking shape to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers lays out phases of mutual steps to bring both sides back into full compliance, and the first does not include waivers on oil sanctions, diplomats say and Reuters reports.

18 Feb 2022; MEMO: Airbus hopes to reach an amicable solution in a row with Qatar Airways over damage to the surface of A350 passenger jets, Chief Executive, Guillaume Faury, said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

The companies have been locked in a months-long dispute over paint erosion and deterioration to anti-lightning protection on the long-haul jets, which Airbus has acknowledged need attention while insisting the problems do not put safety at risk.

18 Feb 2022; MEMO: Turkiye has become an attractive destination for Muslims fleeing France due to Islamophobia, according to a report by French newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, on Wednesday, and reported by Anadolu News Agency.

It said that many qualified young French of North African origin are also settled in Gulf countries, but the modern, yet traditional, Turkiye has now become an increasingly popular migration destination for them.

18 Feb 2022; MEMO: France's container transportation and shipping company CMA-CGM was awarded a contract to manage, operate and maintain the container terminal in Lebanon's Beirut Port for ten years yesterday.

The Lebanese Public Works and Transport Minister, Ali Hamieh, told reporters that the contract included "rebuilding and expanding the port's infrastructure, which was damaged in a massive chemical explosion in 2020."

Thiruvananthpuram, Feb 17 (PTI) Kerala's first Caravan park is all set to come up in Vagamon, a scenic hill station located in Idukki district.

The park, as part of the state government's new Caravan Tourism policy, would be thrown open to travellers on February 25, state Tourism Minister P A Mohammad Riyas said on Thursday.

He said Caravan Tourism was introduced by the state Tourism department as a safe means for holidaying at a time when people are unable to step out or travel due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI) The CBI on Friday questioned former CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE) Chitra Ramkrishna in view of fresh facts emerging in connection with its ongoing probe into the alleged abuse of co-location facility in the NSE, officials said.

The agency has also opened look out circulars against Ramkrishna, another former CEO Ravi Narain and former COO Anand Subramanian to prevent them from leaving the country.

New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI) Russia on Friday welcomed India's position on the Ukraine crisis, amid spike in tensions between the NATO countries and Moscow over the situation in the eastern European nation.

The reaction came a day after India said at the UN Security Council that "quiet and constructive diplomacy" is the need of the hour and that any step that could escalate the tension should be avoided.

16 Feb 2022; MEMO: Turkey's 'Fatih' vessel started drilling its third exploration in the Sakarya gas field in the Black Sea region amid the global energy crisis, the country's Energy and Natural Resources Minister said Wednesday, local media reports.

According to the report, the vessel will carry out its exploration for natural gas for 2-1/2 months, at a depth of 5,000 meters (16,404 feet) below sea level, at the Karasu-1 well, Fatih Donmez said on Twitter.