Menna Alaa al-Din – Ahram Online “The Arab League is keen on ensuring that Egypt and Sudan resorting to the UN Security Council over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue does not turn into an Arab- African dispute”, Arab League representative to the UN, Maged Abdel-Fattah, said on Friday. …
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Aboul Gheit rejects threats to instability among Nile riparian states
Amr Kandil – Ahram Online “The international community will not accept any threats to the stability of the Horn of Africa or to the relations between River Nile riparian countries”, said Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit on Sunday, as he tackled the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute. Aboul-Gheit’s remarks …
Read More »Ethiopia disregards Arab League resolution backing Egypt and Sudan
Menna Alaa al-Din – Ahram Online Ethiopia slammed the resolution taken by the Arab League, on Tuesday, backing Egypt and Sudan’s water security amid deadlock in negotiations over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In a statement, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said it is “dismayed by the resolution of …
Read More »Arab League calls for “holding Israel accountable for recent crimes”
Egypt Today “The recent de-escalation of war on Gaza does not mean the exoneration of Israel from the crimes committed recently”, Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit warned on Friday. He indicated that “those who committed these crimes should be held accountable in accordance with the rules of …
Read More »Pan Arab Parliament accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing
Ahram Online In an extraordinary meeting in Cairo on Wednesday, The Arab (League) Parliament, a representative body of Parliaments of Arab member countries, expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and condemned Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. Members of ‘The Arab Parliament’ wore traditional Palestinian black-and-white scarves, during the meeting, …
Read More »Aboul Gheit denounces Israeli aggression in Gaza
Ahram Online Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit denounced “the Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip, which killed 21 Palestinians including nine children”. Aboul Gheit called the shelling on Gaza “erratic and irresponsible”, during an urgent virtual meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers held on Tuesday. He blamed Israel for …
Read More »Arab League schedule meeting on Israel crimes Tuesday
Ahram Online “An extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers will be held on Tuesday, to probe recent crimes and aggressions of Israeli forces against A-Quda (Jerusalem) Palestinians”, the general secretariat of the Arab League announced on Sunday. “Number of Arab countries voted for holding the virtual meeting at the request …
Read More »Arab League Secretary General Aboul Gheit gets second term in office
Egypt Today Arab foreign ministers unanimously approved a second five-year term for Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit of the Arab League on Wednesday. Aboul Gheit thanked the Arab League Council for its continued trust and thanked President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi for nominating him once more. The Egyptian diplomat, 78, served …
Read More »Arab foreign ministers support “Two State Solution”
Ahram Online The Arab foreign ministers held an emergency meeting at the Arab League (AL) in Cairo on Monday, to discuss recent regional developments, means of strengthening Arab solidarity and ways of dealing with the anticipated foreign policies of the new Biden Administration in Washington. According to Al-Arabiya, “the meeting, …
Read More »Sisi inaugurates ‘Arab Intelligence Forum’ in Cairo
Egypt Today ‘The Arab Intelligence Forum’ was inaugurated by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi via video conference on Monday. Arab delegations, intelligence chiefs and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit participated in the opening of the forum. Sisi welcomed all participating delegations, emphasizing the importance of activating …
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