The U.S.
said "very serious" negotiations were taking place on a new Gaza
ceasefire and release of more Israeli hostages, but prospects for a deal
remained uncertain as Hamas insisted it would not discuss anything less than a
complete end to Israel's offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
Dec 20. 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
British
Foreign Secretary David Cameron arrived at Cairo International Airport earlier
today for a visit to Egypt to follow up on the arrival of British aid to Gaza.
Dec 20. 2023.
Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Egypt said
the latest talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had failed but
it would monitor the process of filling and operating the dam.
Dec 19,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Cairo.
The Egyptian Naval Forces received the “Al-Qadir” frigate of the
(MEKO-A200) model after completing the receipt procedures in the German city of
(Bremerhaven) to join the Egyptian naval fleet.
World leaders, foreign embassies, local parties, and syndicates
congratulated Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi for winning his third
presidential term, after the National Elections Authority (NEA) announced his
victory in the 2024 elections with 39.7 million votes, representing 89.6
percent of valid votes.
Cairo.
President
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received on Sunday the credentials of Turkey’s Ambassador
to Egypt Salih Mutlu Şen a few months after the two countries agreed to restore
their diplomatic relations and elevate them to ambassadorial level.
Minister of Education and Technical Education Reda Hegazy has signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Italian Ambassador to Egypt Michele
Quaroni, as per which the Italian language will start to be taught as an
optional second foreign language for preparatory and secondary stages at all
Egyptian public schools.
Dec 6, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Cairo.
Four tugboats are towing a cargo ship that hit Martyr Ahmed Mansy Floating
Bridge causing navigation in the New Suez Canal to stop.
Cairo.
President
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Tuesday his Cypriot counterpart Nikos
Christodoulides at Al Itihadiyah Presidential Palace as they discussed
cooperation in the energy sector and bolstering relations on the bilateral
level and the trilateral level with Greece.
Dec 4,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Cairo.
More than 400 companies from around 50 countries will take part in
EDEX-2023 (Egypt Defense Expo), an international defense and military industry
show which has opened in Egypt's new administrative capital.
In light of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip, the Humanitarian
Action Office of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and
Development (AECID) donated a shipment of medical supplies to Egyptian
hospitals where a number of Palestinian injured are receiving treatment.
Cairo.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has renewed a deposit of $1 billion with the
Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) for an additional three years, according to a
recent report from the Central Bank of Egypt.
Cairo.
President
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called on the international community to recognize the
Palestinian State and admit it to the United Nations, during a press conference
with the Prime Ministers of Spain and Belgium on Friday 24/11/2023.
Nov 18,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Cairo.
In his meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von
der Leyen, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt’s
categorical rejection of the displacement of the Palestinians, whether by
internal displacement or their forces displacement outside their land,
particularly to the Egyptian territories in Sinai
Cairo.
Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday that “Egypt has become a global
player”. Praising its role and efforts to resolving the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict and stopping the war in Gaza, Lavrov affirmed that Egypt’s
capabilities extend beyond the Middle East.
Nov 15, 2023. Posted
by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
President
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed on Wednesday the latest regional developments,
particularly the war on Gaza, with French Minister of Defense Sébastien
Lecornu, who is currently on a visit to Cairo.
Sameh Shoukry
Nov 14,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry slammed remarks made by
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calling for the “voluntary”
displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, saying Israel’s actions in the strip
are a war crime.
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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the need to immediately
stop the ongoing bombing and military operations in the Gaza Strip.
The
Egyptian government has reportedly rejected the United States’ proposal to
temporarily take administrative control of the Gaza Strip, stressing that Cairo
will never play a role in removing the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
Cairo.
President
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Tuesday Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) William J. Burns at Al Itihadiyah Presidential Palace.