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Hollande, Obama vow to reinforce counter-terrorism efforts

Date: 2015-11-14 09:18:54 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:24 - ID:3725797

PARIS, Nov 14 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande and his US counterpart Barack Obama vowed to reinforce their counter-terrorism cooperation following Friday's attacks in Paris, according to a White House statement. "The President ....

Immigration min. returns home after Arab tour

Date: 2015-11-13 09:41:25 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:21 - ID:3720877

CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - State Minister for Immigration Nabila Makram returned home on Friday after winding up a several-day Arab tour that took her to Kuwait, UAE, and Bahrain. The tour aimed at reviewing the Egyptian expats' conditions there and ....

FM calls for expanding scope of legal migration

Date: 2015-11-12 10:50:52 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:39 - ID:3715377

CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry underlined Egypt's keenness to expand the scope of legal migration as the best way to combat illegal migration. Addressing the Valletta Summit on Migration in the Maltese capital, Shoukry said ....

Egypt takes seriously commitments toward tourists -- diplomat

Date: 2015-11-11 19:58:21 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:132 - ID:3713449

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Egypt takes seriously its commitments toward tourists, said a senior diplomat on Wednesday. "From this approach, Cairo takes all required measures to secure Red Sea resorts," Hossam Zaki, the assistant foreign minister for ....

FM's CNN statements on plane crash probe misinterpreted - official

Date: 2015-11-11 13:10:49 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:64 - ID:3710013

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's remarks to CNN on Egypt's approval on the US participation in the Russian plane crash investigations have been misinterpreted, ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said. The rules governing the ....

President Sisi greets Angola on Independence Day

Date: 2015-11-11 10:35:35 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:34 - ID:3708285

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Wednesday delegated Presidency Secretary Ahmed el Ansary to the Embassy of Angola to convey greetings to the southern African country on its Independence Day. (MENA) M A E/R G E ....

Thorne convene with Egyptian ministers - official

Date: 2015-11-11 08:07:20 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:15 - ID:3707601

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (MENA) - Ambassador David Thorne, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, had talks on Wednesday with Egyptian Ministers Hani Qadri of Finance and Sahar Nasr of International Cooperation during their visit to Washington this ....

Egypt to overcome all difficulties, problems - diplomat

Date: 2015-11-11 07:28:07 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:8 - ID:3707213

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (MENA) - Egypt will be able to overcome all difficulties and problems and restore its status on the international arena very quickly, newly-appointed Egyptian Ambassador to the US Yasser Reda said on Wednesday. As it has always ....

Egyptian, Libyan FMs discuss in Riyadh Libya developments, bilateral relations

Date: 2015-11-10 16:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:92 - ID:3704881

CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held on Tuesday a meeting with his Libyan counterpart Mohammed al-Dairi on the sidelines of the Riyadh-hosted Arab-South American summit. They discussed the latest developments in ....

Sudanese min. meets British amb. in Khartoum

Date: 2015-11-10 15:07:49 GMT - Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:86 - ID:3703989

KHARTOUM, Nov 10 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of International Cooperation Kamal Hassan Ali met on Tuesday with British Ambassador to Sudan Michael Aron. They discussed prospects of cooperation between the two countries in several fields. Ali ....