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African ambs in Cairo stress support for Egypt's candidate for UNESCO chief post
Date: 2016-08-13 13:51:38 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:41 - ID:5421053
CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) – The African ambassadors in Cairo stressed their support for the Egyptian candidate for the post of UNESCO’s director general Moshira Khattab. Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Idris invited the African ....
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Egypt abstains from voting on deployment of 4,000 additional troops in Juba
Date: 2016-08-13 08:54:31 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:17 - ID:5419509
CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Egypt abstained from a UN Security Council vote on the deployment of 4,000 additional troops in South Sudan, announced the Foreign Ministry on Saturday. The Security Council adopted, by a vote of 11 countries in favor, ....
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Mauritanian president receives Egyptian diplomat
Date: 2016-08-11 16:58:08 GMT - Mauritania - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:70 - ID:5413045
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 11 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz received here on Thursday Egyptian Ambassador to Mauritania Ahmed Fadel Yacoub. Yacoub said that talks with the Mauritanian president took up current developments in ....
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Promising prospects to boost Egyptian-Ecuadorian ties - ambassador
Date: 2016-08-10 16:00:36 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:57 - ID:5406665
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - There are promising prospects to boost Egyptian-Ecuadorian ties, Ecuadorian Ambassador here German Espinoza said in statements to MENA on Wednesday. Bilateral strategic partnership is obvious in coordinating stances on issues ....
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Egyptian lawmaker to visit Austria to support Moushira Khattab’s UNESCO bid
Date: 2016-08-10 15:56:15 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:56 - ID:5406601
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) – An Egyptian lawmaker will pay a visit to Austria in September to support former Minister of Family and Population Moushira Khattab’s nomination for the position of director-general of the United Nations Education, Scientific, ....
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Irrigation min. attends sessions on Colorado River in US
Date: 2016-08-10 11:56:12 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:38 - ID:5404509
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) – Egyptian Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati attended a number of sessions on the Colorado River Basin of North America. The Colorado River Basin covers about 246,000 square miles, including ....
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Sisi, JMEC chairman confer on developments in S. Sudan
Date: 2016-08-10 11:22:24 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:34 - ID:5404601
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met Wednesday with chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) of the Peace Agreement on South Sudan Festus Mogae and discussed the latest developments in the newest African ....
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Assistant FM receives members of parliamentary Arab affairs committee
Date: 2016-08-09 22:54:06 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:97 - ID:5402341
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister Tareq Adel on Tuesday held a meeting with members of the parliamentary committee of Arab affairs to discuss relations between Egypt and countries of the Maghreb area. In a statement by the foreign ....
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FM says UK stance toward MB not positive
Date: 2016-08-09 16:16:48 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:74 - ID:5400737
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has slammed a new guidance issued by the UK’s Home Office, which states that Muslim Brotherhood members can qualify for political asylum in Britain if they face the threat of “persecution” in ....
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Cypriot FM wraps up Egypt visit
Date: 2016-08-09 14:35:52 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:56 - ID:5400425
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides left here on Tuesday for Granada following a two-day visit to Egypt. During his stay in Cairo, Kasoulides discussed with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh ....
