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Sisi, Salva Kiir call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-16 12:58:24 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:28 - ID:10115438

CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardir have called for an immediate ceasefire in neighboring Sudan. The two leaders, in a telephone conversation Sunday, urged calm and ....

Spokesman: Call of Egypt, Saudi Arabia for emergency meeting aims to defuse Sudan crisis

Date: 2023-04-15 23:59:29 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:66 - ID:10114818

CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Egypt and Saudi Arabia have called for an emergency meeting at the level of permanent representatives of the League of Arab States to discuss the situation in Sudan. In a statement Saturday, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry ....

Foreign Ministry communicates with Egyptian embassy in Khartoum to check on Egyptians in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-15 20:46:58 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:64 - ID:10114788

CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid said Saturday that the ministry is communicating around the clock with the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum to check on the Egyptian community and missions in Sudan. In a ....

Sisi receives phone call from UN chief

Date: 2023-04-15 20:42:17 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:63 - ID:10114786

CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Saturday received a telephone call from UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Presidency Spokesman Ahmed Fahmi said they probed the latest developments in Sudan, as President Sisi expressed ....

FM, EU senior officials mull developments in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-15 20:12:29 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:61 - ID:10114741

CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received Saturday a phone call from Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to consult and coordinate on the current developments ....

Foreign ministry follows up situation of Egyptian expats in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-15 17:25:02 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:50 - ID:10114597

CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - The consular sector is monitoring the situation of Egyptian expats in Sudan around the clock in light of recent developments in the country, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Saturday. The Egyptian Embassy in ....

Egypt concerned about developments in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-15 13:11:31 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:31 - ID:10114234

CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Egypt is deeply concerned with the developments in Sudan over ongoing fighting. In a statement on Saturday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Egypt is closely following up the development in Sudan. Egypt called on all ....

Mashat stresses importance of boosting structural reforms in banks

Date: 2023-04-15 09:47:57 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:19 - ID:10113786

CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Minister of International Cooperation and Governor of Egypt at the World Bank Group Rania el Mashat stressed the importance of boosting structural reforms in multilateral development banks, particularly the World Bank Group. ....

Egypt welcomes prisoner swap in Yemen

Date: 2023-04-15 08:21:13 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:14 - ID:10113551

CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) – Egypt has lauded the prisoner swap that started between the Yemeni government and Houthi militias under the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The Foreign Ministry said in a statement ....

Shoukry in Jeddah to attend ministerial meeting of Gulf countries, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq

Date: 2023-04-14 15:09:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:39 - ID:10113036

RIYADH, April 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in Jeddah on Friday to take part in a consultative meeting of the foreign ministers of the Arab Gulf countries, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq. He was welcomed upon arrival at King ....