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Ukrainian President Zelensky: Agreed to work with European Commission President Von der Leyen to actively promote drone trade with the EU.

Eurozone May Sentix investor confidence index is due in ten minutes.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: Europe should reject US policies and adopt an independent stance. We always welcome the constructive participation of European countries on regional security and nuclear issues.

UAE Energy Minister: OPEC is relatively calm about the UAE’s decision to withdraw from the organization.

UAE Minister of Energy: We will conduct bilateral cooperation with a number of "OPEC" and "OPEC+" countries.

European Central Bank: Professional forecasters expect GDP growth in 2026 to be 1.0%, compared with the 1.2% expected three months ago.

European Central Bank: A survey by a professional forecasting agency predicts that the inflation rate will average 2.7% in 2026, 2.1% in 2027, and 2.0% in 2028.

Spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: It is surprising that the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency witnessed the belligerent and anti-diplomatic behavior of the United States during both rounds of negotiations. The problem stemmed entirely from the extremely destructive behavior of the United States, which resulted in no diplomatic process achieving results.

The Central Bank of Türkiye launched a one-week gold-for-lire seller swap auction in a traditional way, with a scale of 10 tons.

European Central Bank: A survey of professional forecasters shows that after the current surge in inflation, inflation will fall back to close to the target next year.

U.S. Chinese concept stocks generally rose before the market opened, with NIO (NIO.N) rising 3%, Alibaba (BABA.N) rising 2%, and Li Auto (LI.O) rising 1%.

The final value of the Eurozone manufacturing PMI in April was 52.2, which was expected to be 52.2 and the previous value was 52.2.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: The United States' habit of making unreasonable demands still exists, and this behavior will cause problems for any diplomatic process.

Sources: India considering steps to attract dollar inflows to support weak rupee.

The final value of the German manufacturing PMI in April was 51.4, which was expected to be 51.2 and the previous value was 51.2.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: We are studying the US response to the proposal to end the war.

The final value of the French manufacturing PMI in April was 52.8, which was expected to be 52.8 and the previous value was 52.8.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: (When asked about the UAE's withdrawal from OPEC) It is unhelpful for any OPEC member country to withdraw from the organization in a "negative reaction".

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: We are consulting with Russia, which is an important country on the United Nations Security Council.

Spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The US government should understand that using threats and power against the Iranian people has no effect. Repeating the same mistakes will only make it fall into a quagmire of its own making in the region and the international community, making it more difficult to extricate itself.