Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Egypt to back new Libyan government

    Date: 2015-12-26 12:11:23 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:32 - ID:3996189

    CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi underlined that Egypt is supporting the new Libyan national unity government and will continue helping Libya, especially as Egypt will access the United Nations Security Council as a ....

  • 11 governors, 5 deputy ministers swear in before El Sisi

    Date: 2015-12-26 12:02:52 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:31 - ID:3996589

    CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - Eleven new governors have sworn in Saturday before President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The governors were appointed in the governorates of Alexandria, Suez, Gharbiya, Kafr el Shiekh, Aswan, Port Said, Sharqia, Giza, Minya, ....

  • Egyptian-Sudanese economic ties not up to desired level - MP

    Date: 2015-12-26 11:52:45 GMT - Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:29 - ID:3996149

    KHARTOUM, Dec 26 (MENA) - The member of parliament Mohamed Badrawy, who is currently visiting Sudan, said that the Egyptian-Sudanese economic relations are not up to the "strategic and historic" ties binding the two nations. The trade exchange ....

  • Japan eyes new fund for ex-comfort women to settle row with S. Korea

    Date: 2015-12-25 17:58:30 GMT - Japan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:65 - ID:3994053

    TOKYO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Japan plans to propose to South Korea the establishment of a new fund to provide support for former comfort women in next week’s talks between their foreign ministers in Seoul, Kyodo quoted a source familiar with bilateral ....

  • India's PM to make surprise stopover in Lahore Friday, meet Pakistani counterpart

    Date: 2015-12-25 11:01:21 GMT - Afghanistan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:18 - ID:3991841

    KABUL, Dec 25 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would pay his first visit to Pakistan on Friday, where he would meet with his counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the way back from Kabul. "Looking forward to meeting PM Nawaz Sharif in ....

  • Intensive meetings to prepare for coming round of Ethiopian dam negotations

    Date: 2015-12-24 16:42:21 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:80 - ID:3989401

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian side to the six-way meetings on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam held intensive meetings to crystallize a common vision toward of the coming round of negotiations on the dam. The meetings will be held on December ....

  • Palestine rejects interference in affairs of any Arab country - official

    Date: 2015-12-24 16:07:57 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:75 - ID:3989445

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Undersecretary at the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tayseer Jaradat said that his country is against interference in the affairs of any Arab country. During the closed session of the emergency meeting of the Arab ....

  • UAE criticizes Iran's, Turkey's interference in Arab affairs during AL emergency meeting

    Date: 2015-12-24 15:56:26 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:72 - ID:3989221

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has strongly criticized Iran's and Turkey's interference in Arab affairs. Such 'stark' interference has negatively affected the stability in several Arab countries, ....

  • Sisi affirms importance of commitment to Gulf initiative on Yemen

    Date: 2015-12-24 15:36:14 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:66 - ID:3989101

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi affirmed Thursday the importance of commitment to the principles of the political solution of the Yemeni crisis, based on the Gulf initiative. At a meeting with Yemeni Deputy Premier and ....

  • Egypt welcomes UN resolution on Libya's political agreement

    Date: 2015-12-24 15:12:20 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:63 - ID:3989117

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Ministry welcomed the UN resolution regarding the Libyan political agreement that was signed in the Moroccan city of Skhirat on December 17 under UN brokerage. Egypt welcomed also the UN resolution which ....

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