ISMAILIA, The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) organizes a celebration for "Excellence Day" in the presence of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli. The festivity will witness announcement of launch of a service for collecting and removing solid waste from ships transiting the canal. The event will be attended by a number of ministers, ambassadors from European Union countries and officials from Antipollution Egypt at the New Marina building in Ismailia.

TEHRAN: Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi visits Tehran for talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami.

NEW YORK, The UN Security Council will hold an open briefing this morning (New York time) on the UN Mission in South Sudan.

WASHINGTON, Japanese Minister in charge of US tariff negotiations Ryusei Akazawa is on a three-day visit to the US for talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Trade Representative Jameson Greer in Washington. (MENA)

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