Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Shoukry discusses with Russian counterpart Syria, Libya developments

    Date: 2016-11-07 14:39:06 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:55 - ID:5917741

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Monday a phone call from his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. During the phone conversation, the two sides tackled the latest developments in Syria along with the ongoing ....

  • FM to head for Addis Ababa to attend presidential meeting on Libya

    Date: 2016-11-07 13:38:58 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:46 - ID:5917117

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head for the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday evening to attend a joint meeting of the high-level African committee about Libya and Libya's neighboring countries group. Spokesman ....

  • Sisi’s upcoming Portugal visit to promote cooperation - envoy

    Date: 2016-11-07 10:31:26 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:20 - ID:5915121

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) – An upcoming visit by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Portugal will boost cooperation between the two countries in the political, economic and cultural domains, Portuguese Ambassador here Madalena Fischer said. The ....

  • Foreign ministry slams 2 terrorist attacks in Iraq's Tikrit, Samarra

    Date: 2016-11-06 14:56:09 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:41 - ID:5911197

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the two suicide attacks that took place Sunday in the Iraqi cities of Tikrit and Samarra leaving about 20 persons dead and more than 30 others wounded. In a press statement issued on ....

  • Saudi nominee for OIC chief voices appreciation for Sisi, Egyptians

    Date: 2016-11-05 22:14:00 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:85 - ID:5907701

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) – Yusuf bin Ahmed al-Othaimeen, Saudi candidate for the post of the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), expressed his deep appreciation for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the Egyptian ....

  • Sisi stresses importance of boosting economic ties with Cyprus

    Date: 2016-11-05 19:46:06 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:71 - ID:5907401

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed Saturday the importance of continuing efforts to boost economic and investment relations between Egypt and Cyprus and follow up the implementation of joint projects. In a phone call ....

  • Assistant FM meets with president, foreign minister of Sierra Leone

    Date: 2016-11-05 16:18:21 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:58 - ID:5905689

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Idris has paid a visit to Sierra Leone as part of his tour of a number of West African countries. The visit, paid upon the directives of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, ....

  • Bosnian FM receives Egyptian amb. for talks on bilateral ties

    Date: 2016-11-05 13:10:50 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:49 - ID:5905293

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Bosnian Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak received on Saturday Egypt's Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Yasser el Attawi. The meeting took up means of boosting Egyptian-Bosnian bilateral ties and cooperation in the fields of ....

  • NCHR chief leaves for Morocco

    Date: 2016-11-05 10:08:11 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:28 - ID:5904429

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Chairman of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Mohammad Fayeq left here on Saturday for Casablanca on a several days' visit to Morocco. He is scheduled to meet with a number of Moroccan officials for talks on ....

  • British MP calls for resuming UK flights to Sharm

    Date: 2016-11-05 10:02:58 GMT - United Kingdom - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:25 - ID:5904097

    LONDON, Nov 5 (MENA) - A British MP has called for supporting Egypt's economy through resuming flights to its Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh. Harming the Egyptian economy is one way of encouraging extremists to assume power in the ....

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