Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Planning Minister: ITFC offered Egypt $ 9.6bn since 2008

    Date: 2020-06-30 10:12:05 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:19 - ID:8489473

    CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) - Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El Saeed said on Tuesday that the Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has offered funds to Egypt since 2008 until 2020 up to 9.6 billion dollars. According to a ....

  • Russian envoy: Constitutional amendments will boost national sovereignty

    Date: 2020-06-30 09:13:37 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:16 - ID:8489434

    CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador in Cairo Georgy Borisenko said on Tuesday that a referendum on constitutional amendments that will take place in his country on Wednesday is a very important step to boost national sovereignty. In ....

  • Tunisia envoy to UN: Negotiations only way to settle Ethiopia dam crisis

    Date: 2020-06-29 23:35:05 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:85 - ID:8489213

    NEW YORK, June 29 (MENA) – Tunisia’s envoy to the United Nations said the only solution to the Ethiopia dam crisis is negotiation among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. During a virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Ethiopian ....

  • Sudan reiterates importance of reaching deal before filling GERD

    Date: 2020-06-29 23:33:17 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:84 - ID:8489214

    NEW YORK, June 29 (MENA) - The Sudanese representative to the UN stressed that his country recognizes Egypt's right to improve its water resources for the benefit of its people and without harming the interests of others. Addressing a UN Security ....

  • Egyptian diplomacy defending Nile water rights - embassy

    Date: 2020-06-29 23:09:09 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:83 - ID:8489212

    WASHINGTON, June 29 (MENA) – Egypt’s diplomacy has opened a bright chapter by defending the Egyptian people’s rights to the River Nile, the artery of life, the Egyptian embassy in Washington said. This was the statement it posted on its Facebook ....

  • FM: Filling, operating Ethiopia dam unilaterally to deepen tension, trigger conflicts 3 last Cairo

    Date: 2020-06-29 22:42:21 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:82 - ID:8489183

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said Egypt is living in the most dry area of the Nile basin and it is suffering from water scarcity under international standards. Millions of Egyptians are living on less than 7 percent of the lands in the ....

  • FM rejects Ethiopia's accusations at UNSC session on GERD

    Date: 2020-06-29 22:37:57 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:81 - ID:8489199

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Foreign Minster Sameh Shoukri rejected accusations made by Ethiopia's representative at the Security Council opening session, which kicked off on Monday evening to address Ethiopia's dam dispute. "We have never pointed an ....

  • FM: Filling, operating Ethiopia dam unilaterally to deepen tension, trigger conflicts 2 Cairo

    Date: 2020-06-29 21:59:03 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:79 - ID:8489184

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said “we appreciate the importance of the dam project in realizing development goals for the Ethiopian people and we support this.” He added that a project like this would be the largest project for generating ....

  • FM: Filling, operating Ethiopia dam unilaterally to deepen tension, trigger conflicts

    Date: 2020-06-29 21:31:23 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:77 - ID:8489169

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri stressed that filling and operating the Ethiopian dam unilaterally and without reaching an agreement protecting the rights of downstream countries would deepen tension and trigger conflicts that ....

  • FM partakes in UNSC session on GERD

    Date: 2020-06-29 21:07:35 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:75 - ID:8489140

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri is participating in an opening session of the UN Security Council, which kicked off on Monday evening to debate Ethiopia's dam dispute. The session, being held via video conferencing under ....

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