Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Egypt condoles with Saudi Arabia over death of scores in hospital fire

    Date: 2015-12-24 14:57:33 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:61 - ID:3989173

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry offered condolences to the government and people of Saudi Arabia on the death of scores of people in a hospital fire in Jazan Thursday morning, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid in a ....

  • Sisi condoles with Mauritanian president over death of his son

    Date: 2015-12-24 13:32:12 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:52 - ID:3988505

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi telephoned on Thursday with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to condole him over the death of his son. The president hailed relations binding the two countries at the official ....

  • PM forms SCZONE board of directors

    Date: 2015-12-24 13:12:09 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:50 - ID:3988049

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) – Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued on Thursday a decision on forming the board of directors of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE). The new board of directors is led by the chairman of the Suez ....

  • Sisi meets Shoukry, Moghazi on coming meeting of Ethiopian dam

    Date: 2015-12-24 13:07:33 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:49 - ID:3988237

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Thursday with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi. The meeting is part of preparations for the six-way meeting on the Ethiopian ....

  • Germany: British probe into activities of the MB not new

    Date: 2015-12-24 12:47:45 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:47 - ID:3987997

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - German Ambassador in Cairo Julius George Luy said the British probe into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) are not new and do not contradict Berlin's policies. In statements to MENA on Thursday, the German ....

  • Shoukry to told talks in Germany in January, says German amb.

    Date: 2015-12-24 09:44:50 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:26 - ID:3986153

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - German Ambassador to Egypt Julius Georg Luy said on Thursday that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is scheduled to hold talks with German officials in Berlin on January 11-14, 2016. The talks will tackle bilateral ....

  • Egyptian popular parliamentary delegation arrives in Sudan

    Date: 2015-12-24 06:25:11 GMT - Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:4 - ID:3985389

    KHARTOUM, Dec 24 (MENA) - An Egyptian popular parliamentary delegation arrived here Thursday on a four-day visit. The delegation is led by former foreign minister and current member of the Egyptian parliament Mohamed el Araby. Abdel Rahman ....

  • Burkina Faso issues international warrant for ousted leader Compaoré

    Date: 2015-12-23 22:47:49 GMT - Burkina Faso - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:59 - ID:3985245

    OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 23 (MENA) - Burkina Faso has issued an international warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaoré for his suspected role in the 1987 killing of his former comrade, ex-president Thomas Sankara, a judicial source said on ....

  • Foreign Ministry says coordinating to release fishermen held in Tunisia

    Date: 2015-12-23 19:55:47 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:52 - ID:3984885

    CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) - Coordination is underway to resolve the crisis of Egyptian fishermen, who has been held by the Tunisian coast guard for violating the country's territorial waters. An Egyptian boat, with 16 Egyptian fishermen on board, was ....

  • British amb. praises British, Egyptian, Libyan efforts for Skhirat

    Date: 2015-12-22 21:56:42 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:111 - ID:3979873

    CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) - British Ambassador in Cairo John Casson praised efforts exerted by Britain, Egypt and Libyan groups to sign the UN-sponsored agreement on the formation of a unity agreement. Casson said that he was proud of Egyptian, ....

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