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Pakistans Foreign Ministry: The Pakistani Foreign Minister and the Turkish Foreign Minister reached an agreement in a phone call that dialogue is the best way to address the challenges.According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, the Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Authority stated that the oil spill cleanup on Qeshm Island has been completed.The Lebanese Presidential Palace stated that the Lebanese President welcomes the parliamentary initiative and petition calling for an extension of the UNIFILs (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) presence in the south. Our preferred option is to extend UNIFILs mandate; if that fails, our second option is to adopt a plan, within the necessary legal framework, to ensure the continued presence of international forces in the south.On August 17, the South Korean presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, stated that it hopes the relationship between the leaders of North Korea and the United States can develop into a "meaningful" dialogue, thereby initiating discussions to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea will conduct necessary diplomatic efforts through close cooperation with the United States. Cheong Wa Dae noted that the South Korean government has taken note of the information posted by US President Trump on social media earlier, and that South Korea and the United States have maintained close coordination regarding joint military exercises.August 17th - The latest model forecast from the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center shows that the peak sea surface temperature (SST) in the key area of the equatorial central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which has been abnormally warming since this spring, will approach 3.5°C, higher than the model forecast in June. This means that El Niño is still developing and may break historical records. Tan Jing, a senior engineer at the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, said that El Niño usually lasts 9 to 12 months, with peak SST generally occurring from November to February of the following year. This spring, the abnormally warm seawater first appeared off the coast of Peru and then gradually expanded westward. Monitoring by the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center found that the equatorial central and eastern Pacific Ocean officially entered an El Niño state in May, and the warming rate has accelerated significantly since then. More alarmingly, the current intensity of the abnormal SST in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific Ocean has exceeded the levels of the super El Niño events of 1997-1998 and 2015-2016, and its development momentum is also more rapid.
