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Brazilian President Lula: The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council must unite to change their (U.S.) behavior.

U.S. Central Command: U.S. forces are enforcing a naval blockade on ships entering or leaving Iranian ports and coastal areas.

U.S. Central Command: Since the blockade began, 23 ships have turned around in compliance with U.S. military instructions.

German Finance Minister: Structural reforms are clear.

German Finance Minister: Germany has shown its willingness to cooperate with countries in the Global South on the reform of the United Nations Security Council.

German Finance Minister: We discussed reform of the United Nations Security Council at the Barcelona summit.

Lebanon's prime minister condemned Saturday's attack on French UNIFIL soldiers.

ECB Governing Council member De Marco said the ECB is in no rush to act and will receive more information in June.

ECB Governing Council member De Marco: The risk of rushing to take interest rate action is greater than waiting.

The China Seismological Network automatically determined that an earthquake of about magnitude 6.0 occurred near the south of New Zealand's Kermadec Islands (32.07 degrees south latitude, 178.13 degrees west longitude) at 18:48 on April 18. The final result is subject to the official quick report.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations Office: has received reports of an incident 20 nautical miles northeast of Oman.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: It’s time to talk to the United States about how they view future economic relations with Russia.

Turkish Energy Minister: Türkiye has not yet started importing Russian liquefied natural gas.

Turkish Energy Minister: Türkiye seeks to diversify natural gas supplies, and options include (purchasing) Russian LNG.

Ukrainian Drone Force Commander: Ukraine attacked the port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad region of Russia.

Commander of the Ukrainian Drone Force: In the Krasnodar region of Russia, Ukraine attacked two oil terminals.

British Foreign Secretary: Strait of Hormuz still not open despite ceasefire agreement.

British Foreign Secretary: Ceasefire needs to be transformed into lasting peace.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund: will vote for the re-election of BP’s chairman.

Russian Presidential Envoy Dmitriev said that the new US exemption will affect another 100 million barrels of Russian oil in transit, and the total amount of oil covered by the two exemptions is 200 million barrels. U.S. oil exemption extension faces continued political opposition.