On the morning of Aug 31 local time, CHINA arrived by car at Bishkek's Harmony Palace to attend a welcome ceremony hosted by Kyrgyz President Japarov.

IRNA reported Iran has completed the legal and administrative procedures required to establish a joint free-trade zone with Turkey at Khoy in northwest Iran and is awaiting action from Turkey to advance and finalise the project. Hosein Forouzan, secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council for Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones, said the proposed joint zone has entered legal processes after negotiations and has been approved by the Iranian government; implementation will follow a bilateral memorandum of understanding. He highlighted the strategic importance of the Razi border crossing as a key Iran-Turkey trade route.

Iran's Mehr news agency, citing Arab sources, reported multiple explosions in the Aqaba region of southern Jordan.