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Cypriot, Hungarian FMs to hold talks on situation in E.Mediterranean on Friday

Date: 2020-06-25 19:54:56 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:8483969

NICOSIA, June 25 (MENA) - The situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, in view of the ongoing illegal activities of Turkey, will be among the issues which the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Hungary, Nikos Christodoulides and Péter Szijjártó, will ....

Arab Supervisors conf: Israeli annexation scheme aborts two-state solution, peace process

Date: 2020-06-25 15:30:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:8483415

CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) - A Conference of Supervisors of Palestinian Affairs in Arab Host Countries said Israel’s annexation scheme will nip in the bud the realization of a two-state solution and undermine the Middle East peace process. Rounding up ....

Chinese FM calls for adhering to two-state solution

Date: 2020-06-25 14:30:04 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8483381

BEIJING, June 25 (MENA) - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Palestinian problem is pivotal for the Middle East and working out a comprehensive agreement envisaging a two-state solution is inevitable for international ....

Arab League holds Israel responsible for repercussions of annexation schemes

Date: 2020-06-25 12:55:46 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8483084

CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) - Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Sector and Occupied Arab Territories Affairs Saeed Abu Ali said on Thursday Israel’s occupation authorities are fully responsible for the impact of their annexation and ....

Russia ready to contribute to direct Israeli-Palestinian talks: UN envoy

Date: 2020-06-24 20:54:58 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:8482371

NEW YORK, June 24 (MENA) - Russia stands ready to take steps for the launch of direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said. "As a member of the Middle East Quartet, which ....

Israel's annexation would be in serious violation of international law: UN chief

Date: 2020-06-24 17:35:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8482108

GAZA, June 24 (MENA) - Israel must “abandon” its annexation plans, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday. Such annexation would be “a most serious violation of international law” that would grievously harm ....

Arab League chief warns of serious repercussions of Israeli annexation plans

Date: 2020-06-24 15:42:12 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8482141

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit warned that the region will be forced to live in dark reality if Israel were to forge ahead with its vile scheme to annex more occupied Palestinian lands and place them under its ....

Israeli forces arrest 14 WB Palestinians

Date: 2020-06-24 07:46:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8481288

RAMALLAH, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces captured 14 Palestinians on Wednesday as part of an arrest campaign in various parts of the West Bank. The Palestinian News Agency WAFA said five Palestinians, including a journalist, were ....

Russia committed to consolidating int'l efforts to resume ME peace talks

Date: 2020-06-23 21:49:43 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8481027

MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that his country is committed to consolidating efforts exerted by the international Quartet of Middle East peace mediators to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. During a ....

Israeli occupation forces detain 17 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2020-06-23 09:09:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8480060

RAMALLAH, June 23 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday detained 17 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said in a statement that 10 of them were arrested from Al Quds, two others from ....