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AL council welcomes holding Arab summit in Mauritania

Date: 2016-03-11 18:57:23 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:73 - ID:4490817

CAIRO, March 11 (MENA) – The Arab League foreign ministers council welcomed holding the 27th Arab summit in June in Nouakchott. During a meeting on Friday, the council urged the AL secretary-general to hold talks with Mauritania and Bahrain which ....

Arab League designates Hezbollah terrorist organization

Date: 2016-03-11 18:51:47 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:72 - ID:4490669

CAIRO, March 11 (MENA) – The Arab League foreign ministers have designates the Lebanese movement Hezbollah as a "terrorist" organization. During their 145th session held at the Arab League HQ Friday, the ministers condemned continuous Iranian ....

Saudi, Jordanian FMs leave Cairo after attending AL meeting

Date: 2016-03-11 06:31:05 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:12 - ID:4486645

CAIRO, March 11 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh left Cairo after attending the 145th session of the foreign ministers' council of the Arab League member states. During the session, former ....

Bahraini, Sudanese foreign ministers leave Cairo

Date: 2016-03-11 06:27:20 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:9 - ID:4486617

CAIRO, March 11 (MENA) – Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled Al Khalifa and Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour left Cairo early on Friday. Both ministers attended the 145th foreign ministerial meeting at the Arab League on Thursday, ....

Saudi king meets president Sisi

Date: 2016-03-11 04:27:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:70 - ID:4483865

RIYADH, March 10 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud met on Thursday visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in the presence of Saudi Crown Prince and Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed ....

Egypt’s school-feeding program ‘great success’: diplomat

Date: 2016-03-10 22:39:12 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:104 - ID:4486361

CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister Hisham Badr said on Thursday that Cairo and the World Food Program (WFP) have successfully cooperated to support school-feeding program in Egypt. The diplomat asserted that Egypt has played a ....

GCC welcomes naming Abul Gheit 8th Arab League chief

Date: 2016-03-10 21:24:26 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:98 - ID:4486093

CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Thursday welcomed naming former Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit as new secretary-general of the Arab League. The GCC’s foreign ministers made the remarks in a statement ....

Egypt’s Abul Gheit named ‘8th Arab League chief’

Date: 2016-03-10 20:41:53 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:95 - ID:4485869

CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - The Council of the Arab League has unanimously approved former Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit as new secretary-general of the 22-member organization. Abul Gheit was born in Cairo on June 12, 1942. He ....

Egyptians travelling to Zambia have to obtain visas, says diplomat

Date: 2016-03-10 14:41:51 GMT - Zambia - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:71 - ID:4484069

LUSAKA, March 10 (MENA) – Egyptians travelling to Zambia have to obtain entry visas prior to their departure, Egypt's Ambassador to Zambia Raga'i Nasr said on Thursday. In statements, Nasr slammed as baseless the recent news reports about ....

Tunisia supports Egyptian nomination for top AL post

Date: 2016-03-10 12:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:41 - ID:4482233

CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) – Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis al Jehinawi said his country supports the nomination of Egyptian ex-foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit for the secretary general post of the Arab League. The Tunisian foreign minister made ....