Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Indian amb. in Cairo visits GEM

    Date: 2016-12-25 14:32:24 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:38 - ID:6215325

    CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Curator of Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Project Tarek Tawfik received on Sunday Indian Ambassador in Cairo Sanjay Bhattacharyya to discuss ways of boosting bilateral cooperation in the field of antiquities’ ....

  • Egyptian amb. attends funeral oration for victims of Boutroseya Church attack

    Date: 2016-12-25 13:13:18 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:33 - ID:6215065

    CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Canada Mo'taz Zahran has attended a funeral oration organized by the Coptic Church in Ottawa for victims of the attack on the Boutroseya Church in Cairo on December 11. A number of Canadian officials ....

  • Egyptian embassy gets family out of war-hit Aleppo

    Date: 2016-12-25 10:23:32 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:18 - ID:6213725

    CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Damascus is finalizing travel papers of a nine-member Egyptian family after they were taken out of the war-hit eastern Aleppo December 12. In a statement by the embassy, Egyptian Charge d'affaires ....

  • Yemen releases Egyptians detained in Al-Hudaydah: FM spokesman

    Date: 2016-12-24 14:15:03 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:49 - ID:6210613

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) – The Foreign Ministry managed to released about 49 Egyptian nationals who were detained in Yemen, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Saturday. The nationals were released after intensified contacts ....

  • Erekat thanks Egypt for voting in favor of UNSC resolution on Israeli settlements

    Date: 2016-12-24 12:33:27 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:41 - ID:6209869

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry received a call Saturday from Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat. Erekat, who also serves as Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), expressed thanks ....

  • Egypt seeks avoiding UNSC Palestine resolution veto - Spokesman

    Date: 2016-12-24 10:23:34 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:29 - ID:6208653

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) – Egypt was seeking to avoid vetoing a draft resolution banning Israel from building settlements on the occupied Palestinian lands, therefore it decided to take more time before putting it to vote, the Foreign Ministry spokesman ....

  • Egypt decision on unhasty voting of UNSC draft resolution on Israeli settlements reflects deep insight - source

    Date: 2016-12-23 10:56:06 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:33 - ID:6204213

    NEW YORK, Dec 23 (MENA ) - Egypt's decision not to be in haste to call for voting on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) draft resolution on Israeli settlement activity on the occupied Palestinian lands reflects its deep insight, a ....

  • Hariri briefs Egypt's envoy on latest developments

    Date: 2016-12-23 08:30:17 GMT - Lebanon - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:17 - ID:6203229

    BEIRUT, Dec 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Saad al Hariri posted Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Nazih el Naggary on the latest developments in Lebanon. Egypt attaches great importance to the formation of the Lebanese government, the ambassador said, ....

  • Egypt’s FM meets Yemeni counterpart

    Date: 2016-12-22 14:42:47 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:57 - ID:6200169

    CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) – Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met here on Thursday with Yemeni counterpart Abdel Malak al Makhlafi. At the beginning of the meeting, Al Makhlafi conveyed the greetings of Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to ....

  • Egypt, Iraq FMs discuss bilateral ties

    Date: 2016-12-22 12:18:58 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:42 - ID:6199113

    CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Thursday morning his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said. The meeting discussed means of fostering bilateral relations in political ....

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