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Obama proposes removing human rights conditions on aid to Egypt

Date: 2016-02-11 09:24:06 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:23 - ID:4291929

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - The budget proposal released by the US administration Tuesday seeks to roll back restrictions Congress has placed on foreign aid to Egypt and the sale of crowd control weapons to “emerging democracies,” The Intercept ....

AL chief heads to Germany for Munich conference on security

Date: 2016-02-11 08:34:55 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:20 - ID:4292221

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby left here on Thursday for Germany to take part in Munich International Conference on Security that will kick off on Friday. More than 30 heads of state and government along with ....

S. Sudanese min. praises ties with Egypt

Date: 2016-02-11 07:39:21 GMT - South Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:14 - ID:4291737

JUBA, Feb 11 (MENA) - South Sudanese Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Beda Machar Deng praised on Thursday relations between Egypt and his country. Speaking to MENA, Deng called on Egypt to support his country in different fields, especially ....

Egypt, US discuss regional conditions, fighting terrorism

Date: 2016-02-10 22:29:27 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:122 - ID:4291217

CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed with US National Security Adviser Susan Rice boosting bilateral ties, regional conditions, and fighting terrorism. Shoukry's meeting with Rice focused on different regional crises ....

Shoukry's meetings with US Congress members aim to explain Egypt developments - spokesman

Date: 2016-02-10 12:57:51 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:51 - ID:4287433

CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's meetings with heads and members of the key committees at the US Congress are aimed to explain developments in Egypt and underline the strategic ties between Egypt and the US. Shoukry ....

Committees on Ethiopian dam meet in Khartoum

Date: 2016-02-10 10:31:31 GMT - Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:23 - ID:4286281

KHARTOUM, Feb 10 (MENA) – Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazy said on Wednesday that the technical, financial and legal committees on the Ethiopian dam are meeting here to review the details of a technical agreement in ....

Egypt envoy in Juba praises MENA performance

Date: 2016-02-10 08:20:18 GMT - South Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:15 - ID:4285333

JUBA, Feb 10 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador here Ayman Mokhtar el Gamal hailed the leading media role of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) and its distinguished coverage of Egyptian, Arab and international news. During a ceremony the ambassador ....

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia water resources ministers meet

Date: 2016-02-10 08:12:06 GMT - Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:11 - ID:4285269

KHARTOUM, Feb 10 (MENA) – A meeting of the water resources ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to discuss the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam file kicked off here on Wednesday. The two-day meeting will review the final draft of a technical ....

Egypt FM says US ready to support Egypt in coming phases

Date: 2016-02-10 07:14:51 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:7 - ID:4284873

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (MENA) – Visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry described his meetings with US officials and Congress members as "fruitful" and showed huge similarities in viewpoints. The US administration and several Congress ....

Khartoum says Cairo aborted anti-Sudan UNSC resolution

Date: 2016-02-09 21:51:59 GMT - Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:118 - ID:4284305

KHARTOUM, Feb 9 (MENA) - The permanent Sudanese mission in New York managed, in coordination with Egypt, China, Venezuela, Angola and Senegal, to block a draft UN Security Council resolution against Sudan. According to Sudanese Foreign Ministry ....