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Qatari Foreign Ministry: Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed received a phone call from US Secretary of State Blinken.African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.French President Macron hopes to appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours. French President Macron called representatives of most political parties at the Elysee Palace on the afternoon of December 10th local time to discuss the establishment of the new government and the choice of prime minister. The meeting lasted for three hours. The far-left party "Unyielding France" and the far-right party National Union are not invited. According to the information disclosed by the participants, Macron hopes that the political parties can reach an agreement that at least will not overthrow the new government, and hopes to appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours.

The United States will disclose the details of lending to Ukraine with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets. In October this year, the leaders of the Group of Seven reached a consensus on the details of providing Ukraine with a loan of 50 billion US dollars with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets as collateral. As part of the G-7 loan, the United States promised to grant Ukraine a loan of $20 billion. The Ukrainian cabinet recently issued a resolution saying that it has finalized the details of the loan with the US and approved the relevant loan agreement. According to the agreement, the Federal Loan Bank of the United States will provide Ukraine with a loan of US$ 20 billion for 40 years by using the proceeds from Russian frozen assets. The annual interest rate of the loan will be calculated according to the current average interest rate of one-year national debt in the United States, and the loan principal and interest will be repaid with the proceeds from frozen assets in Russia. Accord to a resolution issued by that Ukrainian cabinet a few day ago, the loan will be transferred to a fund specially set up for Ukraine by the world bank in October for Ukrainian use.Ukrainian President Zelensky: Calling on allies to use frozen Russian assets to provide systematic financing. 10-12 additional Patriot systems will enable Ukraine to fully protect its airspace and make the Russian-Ukrainian conflict meaningless.WTI crude oil rose more than 1.00% in the day and is now reported at 68.64 USD/barrel.

Market information: Ronen Bar, director of Israel National Security Agency, and Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of Israel Defense Forces, visited Cairo today and met with Hassan Rashad, head of Egyptian intelligence department, and senior Egyptian military officials.White House: US National Security Adviser Sullivan will meet with the families of the hostages on Tuesday.The STOXX 600 index in Europe fell by 0.5% to 518.58 points.