斯洛伐克外长在会见俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫后表示，他被告知俄罗斯仍准备履行已商定的能源合同。

Oct 26 — When asked whether China would send senior officials or a delegation to the ASEAN defense ministers' expanded meeting starting Wednesday in Manila, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said the forum should deepen dialogue, build trust and promote cooperation, and that China opposes any actors abusing public institutions to hijack ASEAN and create disruption.

Citigroup analyst Jamie Searle says the ECB would prefer not to discuss France at its upcoming policy meeting but may find the topic unavoidable. The ECB may remind markets it has conditional backstop tools but is unlikely to encourage intervention in French markets. French bond volatility is expected to dominate Lagarde’s Thursday press conference after weeks of heavy selling as markets doubt the French government can narrow the budget deficit to 5% of GDP by 2027, particularly following recent violent protests.