拉脫維亞總理庫爾貝爾格斯：我們堅定認爲，與俄羅斯的任何經濟聯繫都會削弱我們，而俄羅斯會利用這一點。

Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dar said at a press briefing in Islamabad on the 2nd that the Mecca Defense Alliance Strategic Political and Defense Committee will hold an emergency meeting next week in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will discuss possible political contact with Yemen’s Houthi movement; Dar said the proposal was put forward by Iran, which wants a rapid resolution, and that it exists only as a verbal understanding between him and Iranian foreign minister Alaghezi rather than as a formal written text. He added Pakistan has briefed Iran on the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement and on how Pakistan would implement it.

Two U.S. sources said the first officer accused of stabbing the captain during a cockpit confrontation on a Dubai carrier admitted during the investigation that his intent was to "crash the plane in Israel."