Brussels 20.06.2022 The Foreign Affairs Council taking place in Luxembourg will be informed about current affairs and ministers will be able to exchange views on recent events and on fast-moving developments in external relations. Today's #FAC has just started in Luxembourg.On the agenda:✔️Russian aggression against 🇺🇦 #Ukraine✔️Egypt 🇪🇬 ✔️Horn of Africa✔️the GulfBackground information 👉 https://t.co/L9aBalUInC🎥…
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EU welcomes Israel-Palestine ceasefire
Brussels 21.05.2021 Israel/Palestine: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the ceasefire: “The European Union welcomes the announced ceasefire bringing to an end the violence in and around Gaza. We commend Egypt, Qatar, United Nations, United States and others who have played a facilitating role in this. “They cannot destroy the spirit of resistance…
Tourist bus blast in Egypt
A tourist bus explosion in near site of Giza Pyramids in Egypt reported by a number of leading news agencies. According to reports there are dead and wounded. There are pictures claimed to be from the scene of the explosion. Details to follow. AMENDED: Two dead and 14 wounded reported by local media. https://twitter.com/IntellFusion/status/1078707936564789254 #BREAKINGAlleged…
Kurz regards Egypt as key partner in defeating human trafficking
Salzburg – After the Salzburg summit, the EU intends to deepen its migration cooperation with Egypt and other African countries. President of the European Council Donald Tusk said there was agreement to hold a summit with the Arab League in Egypt in February. On Thursday, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) described Egypt as exemplary in…
Blast in Egypt mosque causes death and devastation
An explosion has struck a mosque in Egypt’s northern Sinai, injuring and killing people, according to local media. #BREAKING At least 54 killed in Egypt mosque attack: state TV — AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 24, 2017 Egyptian state media MENA, citing an official security source, said that at least 54 people were killed and…
Abbas welcomes Hamas reconciliation move
Hamas has agreed to dissolve the administration running Gaza, it said, a major step towards handing control of the enclave to a Palestinian unity government after a decade of bitter rivalry with President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas accepts all of the conditions demanded by its rival, President Abbas, to clear way for reconciliation deal. https://t.co/SHodMAN6Yl —…
Qatar defines boycott as illegal
Four Arab states declared a boycott on Qatar, and issued an ultimatum to Doha with a demand to shut down Al Jazeera television channel, curb ties with Iran, close a Turkish base and pay reparations. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have sent a 13-point list of demands openly aimed on tempering…
Qatar in diplomatic isolation
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism, opening up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world. URGENT: @Emirates to suspend all flights to #Qatar from Tuesday https://t.co/iMLfvlk4MZ pic.twitter.com/O757JMwu0V — RT (@RT_com) June 5, 2017…
Egypt: three-months emergency
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is to declare a three-month state of emergency after Isis attacks on two Coptic churches kills at least 43. Pres. Trump tweets that he has "great confidence" Egypt's president will "handle situation properly": https://t.co/5TQ8k0YW7F pic.twitter.com/Y4ICcQmE7t — CBS News (@CBSNews) April 9, 2017 Twin bombings during packed services at churches in the cities of Alexandria…
EU condolences to Egypt
“In one of the Holiest days for the Christians all over the world, the Coptic churches in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria have been attacked. Many innocent civilians have been killed or injured,” – says the statement of the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini. ‘The European Union expresses its sincere condolences to the…
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