Sources say KKR-owned Japanese liquid storage company Central Tank Terminal is drawing bids from MBK Partners, Actis and Bain Capital. The transaction could value the company at above $600 mln on an enterprise-value basis (including debt).

On March 3 Israel’s prime minister’s office denied US media reports that Israel planned to assassinate senior Iranian negotiators, calling the accounts false and fabricated. The New York Times reported on March 2 that US officials had earlier this year indirectly warned Iranian foreign ministry official Abbas Araghchi and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf that Israel might attempt to target them. US officials feared such an attempt could derail ceasefire talks and spark new conflict, and asked regional partners to pass the warning to Tehran. The report said Araghchi and Ghalibaf were listed as targets after a Feb. 28 US-Israel strike on Iran, and that two senior Iranian negotiators involved in the talks had previously been killed in Israeli strikes.

哥倫比亞方面表示，哥倫比亞總統佩特羅與美國總統特朗普進行了電話交談。