Following are the foreign highlights at 2000 hrs

FGN22 UN-INDOPAK

UN chief urges all parties to avoid escalation in Kashmir during his meeting with PM Modi United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged all parties to avoid any sort of escalation in Kashmir during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in the French town of Biarritz, according to his spokesman.

FGN16 US-G7-LD INDOPAK

Helping reduce Indo-Pak tension one of five 'big takeaways' from G7 Summit: White House Washington: US President Donald Trump's efforts to help reduce the India-Pakistan tension is one of the five "big takeaways" from the just-concluded G7 Summit in France, according to the White House.

FGN24 JAISHANKAR-LD RUSSIA

Jaishankar arrives in Russia to finalize PM Modi's visit Moscow: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Tuesday on a two-day visit to Russia during which he will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and finalize the preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's forthcoming visit to the country.

FGN25 UK-BREXIT-LD OPPOSITION

UK Opposition agrees to plan to prevent no-deal Brexit London: In an important breakthrough, the UK's Opposition parties on Tuesday agreed on a strategy to prevent Britain from leaving the European Union without a deal in place by the October 31 deadline.

FGN15 PAK-CHINA-KASHMIR

Pak Army chief discusses the situation in Kashmir with top Chinese general Islamabad: Pakistan and China have signed an MoU for the enhancement of defense cooperation and capacity building of the Pakistani Army, as the top generals of the two armies discussed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

FGN19 PAK-SAEED

Pak court summons counter-terror official on Hafiz Saeed's petition Lahore: A Pakistani court on Tuesday summoned an official of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab police on a petition filed by Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed challenging his arrest in the terror financing cases.

FGN20 AUS-CHINA-3DLD ESPIONAGE China confirms arrest of Australian writer, faces spying charges Melbourne/Beijing: Chinese-Australian writer and political commentator Yang Hengjun, who was detained by China in January, has been formally arrested on suspicion of spying, Beijing confirmed on Tuesday.