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UNSMIL concerned over developments in Libya

Egypt Today The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern over recent developments in the Libyan capital Tripoli. “The mission received reports about the deployment of groups armed with heavy weapons in Tripoli areas, which poses danger to civilians”, a statement by the UNSMIL read. “Such developments …

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GERD director confirm filling mechanism at drought periods

Egypt Today “As for drought durations, the water flowing into the reservoir will remain in the dam”, the General Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Kifle Horo, told Al Arabiyah on Monday. Horo explained, “during heavy rains, water would overflow in the direction of the two downstream countries. …

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Egypt reactivates cooperation frameworks with Morocco

Ahram Online Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita agreed to promote bilateral cooperation at a meeting in Rabat on Monday. The two parties discussed reactivating all cooperation frameworks ahead of the higher Egyptian-Moroccan Committee meetings. At the meeting, Shoukry reaffirmed the Egyptian support for the …

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Egypt participates in the Negev Arab-Israeli summit

Egypt Today Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry participated in the ‘Negev summit’ with five counterparts from Bahrain, Israel, Morocco, UAE and USA on Monday. “The meeting of the six focused on addressing challenges to peace in the region”, Shoukry said at a press conference. Participants in the summit highlighted the …

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World condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

Ahram Online “The Secretary General strongly condemns the recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen”, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Saturday. The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the attacks and called on all parties to exercise restraint. He also urged the warring parties …

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Egypt attends OIC’s 48th session in Islamabad

Ahram Online Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attended the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad on Tuesday. The two-day session is themed ‘Building Partnerships for Unity, Justice and Development’. It deals with numerous economic, cultural, social, humanitarian, scientific …

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Sisi probe global developments with UAE and Israel

Egypt Today Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met with the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Sharm El Sheikh on Tuesday. “The meeting reviewed global development and repercussions on energy, market stability, and food security”, the Egyptian presidency …

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Russia destroy 2,400 Ukrainian military targets

Egypt Today “A total of 2,396 elements of the Ukrainian military infrastructure have been destroyed over the first ten days of the operation”, spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defence, Igor Konashenkov, said at a press briefing on Monday. “Among them are 82 control and communications centres of the Ukrainian …

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Ukraine’s EU membership: still some way off

There has been positive response to the appeal by the Ukrainian president for EU membership. But it won’t come soon. Dorina Baltag* On Sunday, the fourth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, appealed for it to be granted membership of the European Union. On Tuesday, members of the …

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Egyptians in Ukraine urged to stay at home

Mai Ghandour – Ahram Online On Thursday, the Egyptian embassy in Kyiv urged Egyptian nationals living in Ukraine to remain at home and to take measures to ensure their safety. “Egyptian authorities are in close contact with their Ukrainian counterparts to ensure the safety of Egyptian nationals living in the Ukraine. We urge our expats to follow …

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