Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Azerbaijan's ambassador commends Egypt's status, leading role in Muslim world

    Date: 2017-10-14 16:53:25 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:59 - ID:7039394

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa met Saturday with Azerbaijan's Ambassador in Cairo Tural Rzayev to discuss ways of boosting religious cooperation between both countries. Gomaa stressed ....

  • Moushira Khattab thanks Sisi for supporting her in UNESCO elections

    Date: 2017-10-14 14:58:26 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:50 - ID:7039263

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Ambassador Moushira Khattab thanked Saturday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the government and the Egyptian people for supporting her during the UNESCO elections to name its new director general. Khattab said that when she ....

  • Khattab back home after UNESCO election

    Date: 2017-10-14 09:02:45 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:14 - ID:7038547

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Egypt's candidate for UNESCO presidency Moushira Khattab returned home on Saturday coming from Paris after running for election to pick a new chief for the UN education agency. Audrey Azoulay, former French culture ....

  • Al Jazeera insists on publishing misleading news: Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2017-10-14 08:10:02 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:9 - ID:7038478

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - The Doha-based al Jazeera channel insists on the dissemination of fake and misleading news, Egypt's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Saturday. A video published by the Qatari channel is not for an Egyptian ....

  • Foreign ministry hails Khattab's 'rare courage'

    Date: 2017-10-13 21:53:10 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:87 - ID:7038233

    CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry on Friday hailed Moushira Khattab who failed to pass the fourth round of a vote to elect UNESCO's new Director-General. In a statement, the ministry thanked Khattab who "underwent a fierce election battle ....

  • Ambassador in Beirut meets Azhar dispatched preachers

    Date: 2017-10-13 21:19:43 GMT - Lebanon - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:84 - ID:7038270

    BEIRUT, Oct 13 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Nazih el Nagari on Friday met with Al Azhar’s dispatched preachers in Lebanon. The meeting tackled the preachers' conditions and support for them to fulfill their mission. The ambassador ....

  • Saudi Arabia denounces Arish terror attack

    Date: 2017-10-13 19:37:35 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:75 - ID:7038151

    RIYADH, Oct 13 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia condemned an attack on a security checkpoint in El Arish city in North Sinai. In a statement, an official source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated his country's full support for Egypt in ....

  • France wins UNESCO run-off election against Egypt with 31 votes

    Date: 2017-10-13 13:29:44 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:39 - ID:7037524

    PARIS, Oct 12 (MENA) - Egypt's candidate for the UNESCO Director-General post Moushira Khattab lost to her French rival Audrey Azoulay in a run-off vote that was held on Friday. Azoulay got 31 votes, while Khattab garnered only 25, UNESCO Executive ....

  • Khattab can beat France's Azoulay in run-off for UNESCO election, says Oraby

    Date: 2017-10-13 12:30:24 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:31 - ID:7037358

    PARIS, Oct 13 (MENA) - Egypt's candidate for the UNESCO Director-General post Moushira Khattab is capable of beating her French rival Audrey Azoulay in a vote run-off that will be held later on Friday, Director of Khattab's campaign Ambassador ....

  • Sisi, China president exchanged messages over UNESCO election - Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2017-10-12 18:10:17 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:78 - ID:7036583

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) – The Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping exchanged a number of messages on the UNESCO election in the past few days during intense contacts between the ....

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