Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Egypt to launch program to mark Africa Day

    Date: 2016-05-21 09:53:21 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:25 - ID:4950365

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry has launched an integrated national program to mark Africa Day, which falls on May 25. The program is meant to shed light on Egypt's role in supporting African issues of concern, said Foreign Ministry ....

  • Xi Jinping offers condolences over EgyptAir plane crash

    Date: 2016-05-21 09:35:50 GMT - China - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:22 - ID:4950261

    BEIJING, May 21 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping extended condolences to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and French President Francois Hollande over EgyptAir plane crash that was heading from Paris to Cairo on Thursday. In condolence ....

  • CNN's hint at EgyptAir pilot suicide 'disrespectful': Foreign Ministrty

    Date: 2016-05-20 21:58:10 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:107 - ID:4949173

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) – The Foreign Ministry said on Friday that CNN's hint that the pilot of a doomed EgyptAir plane has committed suicide is "disrespectful." "It's disrespectful that CNN insinuates pilot suicide in #EgyptAirMS804 tragedy while ....

  • Jordanian King condoles with Sisi over plane crash victims

    Date: 2016-05-20 20:19:12 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:100 - ID:4948945

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II on Friday sent a cable to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi condoling with him over the victims of an EgyptAir plane crash early Thursday. In his cable, King Abdullah expressed his heartfelt ....

  • French FM to meet with families of plane victims on Saturday, Egyptian envoy to attend

    Date: 2016-05-20 15:12:47 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:78 - ID:4947661

    PARIS, May 20 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will hold a meeting Saturday with families of victims of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean early Thursday. The Egyptian Ambassador in Paris, Ehab Badawi, will ....

  • Kerry condoles with Egyptian FM for victims of EgyptAir plane crash

    Date: 2016-05-20 14:36:47 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:73 - ID:4947281

    WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday made a phone call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to express his sincere condolences for the death of 66 persons, who were aboard EgyptAir flight MS804 that crashed ....

  • FM receives five solidarity calls after EgyptAir plane crash

    Date: 2016-05-20 14:26:57 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:70 - ID:4947129

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday received calls from five counterparts, offering condolences for victims of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean early Thursday. Foreign ministers of the US, ....

  • Bahrain king condoles with Egypt president for EgyptAir plane victims

    Date: 2016-05-20 12:06:23 GMT - Bahrain - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:48 - ID:4946029

    MANAMA, May 20 (MENA) - Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a cable of condolences to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi after the tragic EgyptAir plane crash. The King extended sincerest condolences to President Sisi, the Egyptian ....

  • Int'l coop. min. returns home from Indonesia

    Date: 2016-05-20 11:29:30 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:37 - ID:4945741

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr returned home on Friday from Indonesia, where she took part in the 41st annual meeting of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) board of governors. On the sidelines of ....

  • UNSC permanent delegates in Cairo

    Date: 2016-05-20 11:04:45 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:28 - ID:4945321

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said that the ministry organizes a visit for the permanent delegates of the UN Security Council member states to Egypt from May 20 to 22. The visit is the first of its kind ....

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