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Sisi performs Friday prayers at Sheikh Zayed Mosque

Date: 2016-12-02 12:50:59 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:41 - ID:6070641

ABU DHABI, Dec 2 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi visited on Friday the tomb of late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al Nahyan. Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan welcomed Sisi upon his arrival at the ....

Shoukry meets US Congress leaders in Washington

Date: 2016-12-02 11:44:46 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:40 - ID:6070357

CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held intensive talks with US Congress leaders on the second day of his visit to Washington, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Friday that the talks tackled ....

German tourism in Egypt to increase in winter - amb.

Date: 2016-12-02 10:49:15 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:35 - ID:6069833

BERLIN, Dec 2 (MENA) - German tourism in Egypt is expected to increase from December to April, the Egyptian ambassador to Germany said, noting that there are 110 confirmed flights to Egypt in the coming period. During a press conference on the ....

New Moroccan Ambassador arrives in Cairo

Date: 2016-12-02 08:32:36 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:15 - ID:6069181

CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) – New Moroccan Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed el Tazi arrived in Cairo from Casablanca on Friday to take office succeeding Ambassador Ahmed el Alami whose tenure of duty ended. Tazi is due to present his credentials within the ....

New Moroccan amb. to Egypt heads for Cairo to take office

Date: 2016-12-02 06:22:47 GMT - Morocco - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:3 - ID:6068697

RABAT, Dec 2 (MENA) – New Moroccan Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed el Tazi headed for Cairo on Thursday to take office succeeding Ambassador Ahmed el Alami whose tenure of duty ended in Cairo. Tazi will present his credentials within the coming days in ....

Egyptian envoy meets with Lebanese party chief on developments

Date: 2016-12-01 22:19:31 GMT - Lebanon - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:92 - ID:6068493

BEIRUT, Dec 1 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Beirut Nazih el Nagary on Thursday met with head of the Lebanese Kataeb Party Sami Gemayel. Gemayel briefed the Egyptian diplomat on the latest developments in the political situation in Lebanon and ....

FM meets with chairman of US Senate Committee subpanel

Date: 2016-12-01 21:32:21 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:90 - ID:6068261

CAIRO, Dec 1 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday met with US Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the chairman of a Senate Appropriations Committee's foreign operations sub-panel. Economic and political developments in Egypt, ....

Shoukry meets chairwoman of US House Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa

Date: 2016-12-01 21:27:56 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:89 - ID:6068321

CAIRO, Dec 1 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday held a meeting with Chairwoman of US House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa for Foreign Affairs Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. According to Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry ....

FM meets with US Senator Jack Reed

Date: 2016-12-01 20:50:37 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:88 - ID:6068113

CAIRO, Dec 1 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday met with Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island lawmaker and the senior Democrat on the US Senate Armed Services Committee. Shoukry and Reed discussed the regional challenges in the ....

Nasr presides over int'l meeting on engaging youth in development projects

Date: 2016-12-01 14:31:46 GMT - Kenya - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:59 - ID:6065213

NAIROBI, Dec 1 (MENA) - Egyptian International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr has asserted Egypt's keenness on supporting youth participation and empowering them at the economic and social levels in the development process. Addressing a ....