Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Egypt denounces attack on UN base in DRC

    Date: 2017-10-09 16:33:27 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:61 - ID:7031384

    CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) – Egypt condemned on Monday the terror attack that targeted a UN base in the Democratic Republic of Congo in which one soldier was killed while 12 others were injured. The Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel group with origins ....

  • S.Africa's amb. congratulates Egypt for qualifying for 2018 World Cup

    Date: 2017-10-09 16:21:35 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:60 - ID:7031382

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Oct 9 (MENA) - South Africa's Ambassador to Egypt V W Mavimbela congratulated Egypt for qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. He said the Egyptian team is the best to represent Africa in the World Cup. The diplomat made the ....

  • German development minister arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2017-10-09 15:56:31 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:55 - ID:7031386

    CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - German Development Minister Gerd Müller arrived here Monday on a several-day visit to Egypt. Müller is expected to meet with Investment Minister Sahar Nasr and the Head of the Suez Canal Authority and the Suez Canal Economic ....

  • Shoukry meets Bokova, Lang before UNESCO voting

    Date: 2017-10-09 15:18:43 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:51 - ID:7031305

    PARIS, Oct 9 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Monday with UNESCO director Irina Bokova one hour before the election of a new director for the post on which seven candidates are contesting. Shoukry also met with president ....

  • Egyptian- German relations strong, successful: German amb.

    Date: 2017-10-09 14:24:49 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:45 - ID:7030828

    CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - German Ambassador to Egypt Julius Georg Luy said on Monday that relations between Egypt and Germany are strong and solid. In a press conference held at the headquarters of the German embassy in Cairo, Luy lauded Egypt’s ....

  • Shoukry, Abfel Ghaffar meet with African Group to support Khattab's nomination for UNESCO chief

    Date: 2017-10-09 14:20:44 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:44 - ID:7030992

    CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Monday that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Minister of Higher Education khaled Abdel Ghaffar participated in the meeting held by the African Group at the UNESCO ....

  • Latvian amb. in Egypt hails depth of joint ties

    Date: 2017-10-09 12:01:46 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:39 - ID:7030796

    CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Latvian Ambassador here Iveta Šulca lauded the depth of relations binding Egypt with her country at all levels especially the parliamentary ones. This came during a meeting held between the Parliament's Secretary General ....

  • Arab FMs congratulate Shoukry over World Cup qualification

    Date: 2017-10-09 11:18:42 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:35 - ID:7030730

    CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Monday received phone calls from the foreign ministers of Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE to congratulate him on the occasion of the Egyptian national team's qualifying for ....

  • Egypt, Sierra Leone FMs discuss Moushira Khattab's UNESCO bid

    Date: 2017-10-08 20:11:40 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:75 - ID:7029848

    CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Sunday with his Sierra Leonean counterpart Samura M.W. Kamara in Paris in the presence of Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki. The meeting with Kamara, who ....

  • EAPD launches scheme on training 100 diplomats from 40 African countries

    Date: 2017-10-08 18:18:08 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:68 - ID:7029697

    CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) – The Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) launched on Sunday a scheme on training 100 diplomats from 40 African countries. Launched under the rubric “diplomats of the 21st century and the economic diplomacy,” ....

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