On Oct 25 Zelenskiy said the US, Russia and Ukraine plan to hold three-party technical working talks in November; parties are still negotiating the venue, with Abu Dhabi, other Middle East locations and European cities under consideration. He described the meeting as working-level, intended to pave the way for higher-level leaders’ talks and to prioritize energy infrastructure and a Black Sea-area ceasefire. Russian presidential aide Ushakov told a TV programme on Oct 25 that Moscow is willing t

On Oct. 23 the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) held a central study session and instructed SOEs to align roles with new-era priorities and accelerate high-quality development. SASAC called for full implementation of the new development concept, optimization of the state-sector footprint, intensified R&D on key core technologies to boost SOE core functions and competitiveness, and stronger strategic support from the state sector. It urged rapid advancement and firm implementation of deeper SOE reforms to remove institutional barriers to high-quality enterprise development. SASAC also pushed to raise regulatory effectiveness by transforming oversight methods, accelerating penetrating supervision, improving the legal and institutional framework for state-asset supervision, and integrating supervisory channels to enhance professionalism, systemization, rule-of-law and efficiency. The commission reaffirmed Party leadership and deeper integration of Party building with business operations as a governance priority.

也門胡塞武裝：已對沙特阿拉伯多個主要機場和能源基礎設施發動一系列軍事打擊，目標包括沙特阿美公司位於延布的設施、拉比格煉油廠，以及利雅得和達曼的國際機場。