Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Cairo, Shanghai to sign twin-town agreement - envoy

    Date: 2016-01-05 11:30:07 GMT - China - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:39 - ID:4054237

    SHANGHAI, China, Jan 5 (MENA) – Preparations are underway for signing a twin-town agreement between Cairo and Shanghai and a memo of cooperation between the Egyptian Museum and Shanghai Museum, Egypt’s Consul here Khaled Youssef said. Speaking to ....

  • FM to meet with PLO official, China's deputy FM

    Date: 2016-01-04 22:09:20 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:106 - ID:4051885

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will meet on Tuesday with visiting Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat. The meeting is scheduled to tackle the latest Palestinian ....

  • Sudan breaks off ties with Iran

    Date: 2016-01-04 20:13:34 GMT - Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:89 - ID:4051097

    KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) - Sudan's foreign ministry summoned the Iranian charge d'affairs in Khartoum to inform him of the Sudanese decision to break off ties with Tehran in protest against an attack on the Saudi embassy in Iran. The ministry gave ....

  • Malaysia amb. meets Egyptian trade delegation

    Date: 2016-01-04 18:54:31 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:90 - ID:4051093

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) – Malaysian Ambassador in Cairo Datoko Jaafar met on Monday with a delegation from the Egyptian Trade and Industry Ministry to discuss cooperation between the two countries. The meeting took up ways of boosting cooperation and ....

  • Iran does not respect int'l laws, agreements - official

    Date: 2016-01-04 11:25:44 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:33 - ID:4047381

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) - The Secretary General of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) and former assistant foreign minister Mokhlis Qotb underlined that the US should know from the Iranian decisions and situations that Iran does not respect ....

  • FM to Arabia to attend preparatory meetings for Egyptian-Saudi coordination council

    Date: 2016-01-04 09:50:23 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:26 - ID:4046497

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left for Riyadh Monday to attend preparatory meetings for the third session of the Saudi-Egyptian Coordination Council. Attending the meetings in the Saudi capital will also be International ....

  • Tunisia condemns attack on Saudi Embassy in Tehran

    Date: 2016-01-03 21:59:02 GMT - Tunisia - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:103 - ID:4044713

    TUNIS, Jan 3 (MENA) - Tunisia has condemned Saturday's attack on the Saudi Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran. In a statement Sunday, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the attack as a violation of international conventions and ....

  • Sudanese FM to visit Cairo on Jan 9

    Date: 2016-01-03 21:58:33 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:102 - ID:4044729

    CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim Ghandour will visit Egypt on January 9, Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Sunday. The visit comes as part of continuous discussions between Egypt and Sudan, the spokesman ....

  • Joint Arab force tool for facing regional challenges - Egypt

    Date: 2016-01-03 21:58:05 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:101 - ID:4044733

    CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – The idea of establishing a joint Arab task force has been proposed as a tool to face all forms of challenges besetting Arab national security, including terrorism, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said. As for ....

  • Palestine condemns Netanyahu statements against Arabs in Israel

    Date: 2016-01-03 21:50:46 GMT - palestine - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:97 - ID:4044665

    RAMALLAH, Jan 3 (MENA) – The Palestinian authority on Sunday condemned statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Arabs in Israel. During a visit on Saturday to the scene of Friday’s Tel Aviv shooting attack, in which two ....

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