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Egypt, Brazil discuss boosting ties in different fields

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 - 08:48 GMT

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday held a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira on the sidelines of the high-level meetings of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

FM Shoukry urges faithful implementation of sustainable development agenda

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 - 08:34 GMT

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed Egypt's strong belief that the best way for preventing conflicts and building peace is the faithful implementation of the sustainable development's agenda, which in turn helps achieve security and stability in face of current major challenges.

Shoukry urges evaluating shortcomings leading to climate-related disasters almost daily

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 - 12:29 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed on Thursday the need to evaluate shortcomings leading up to the current situation that is witnessing climate-related disasters on an almost daily basis.

Shoukry asserts necessity of abiding by civil rights, approving laws banning religious hatred

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 - 12:24 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reiterated the necessity of countries abiding by their commitments in respecting civil and political rights and approving national legislations to ban religious hatred and criminalize such practices

FM Shoukry probes with his Norwegian counterpart boosting bilateral ties

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 - 09:46 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed, Wednesday with his Norwegian counterpart Anniken Huitfeldt ways of boosting bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern on the sidelines of the High-Level Segment of the 78th Session of United Nations General Assembly, currently in session in New York city.

FM says Egypt seeks to scale up New Zealand's investments in SCZone

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 - 09:35 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt seeks to scale up the volume of New Zealand's investments, particularly in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), taking into account legislative incentives and positive developments in the investment environment in Egypt.

Egypt, EU co-chair 13th ministerial meeting of Global Counterterrorism Forum in New York

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 - 09:28 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has warned against repeating past mistakes that led to providing terrorist groups with safe havens, enabling their members to move from one region to another.

Egypt’s FM Shoukry receives phone call from Blinken

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 - 09:38 GMT

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Thursday a phone call from his US counterpart Antony Blinken, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said.

FM Shoukry receives phone call from his Beninese counterpart

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 - 12:44 GMT

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has received a phone call from his Beninese counterpart Shegun Adjadi Bakari for talks on the latest developments in Niger.

Egypt’s FM voices great concern over recurrence of Quran's burning crimes

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 - 08:25 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry voiced great concern over the recurrence of crimes of burning copies of the Holy Quran at the hands of extremists, the latest of which was the crime that occurred while millions of Muslims were celebrating Eid Al-Adha Islamic holiday.

Egypt’s PM, FM to meet Ukraine’s president Friday as part of African peace mission

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 - 09:14 GMT

Madbouli and Shoukry arrived in Kiev early today after a 12-hour train trip from the Polish border as part of the delegation of the joint African initiative that seeks to contribute to settling the crisis

FM Shoukry meets African ambassadors in Cairo as part of ‘Africa Day’ celebrations

Mon, 15 May 2023 - 01:27 GMT

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Monday with the African ambassadors in Cairo, as part of Africa Day celebrations.

FM Shoukry chairs virtual meeting of COP27 board

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 - 05:45 GMT

Foreign Minister and President of the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference Sameh Shoukry chaired Thursday a virtual meeting of the office of the board of COP27.

Shoukry asserts Egypt's full support of stability, security in Tunisia

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 - 04:41 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted Egypt's full support of stability, peace and prosperity in Tunisia

Egypt FM Shoukry meets Spanish counterpart in Addis Ababa

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 06:04 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry lauded on Wednesday Spain's balanced stance towards Egypt at international forums.

FM Shoukry: COP28 in UAE chance for building on success of COP27

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 - 02:48 GMT

Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate change conference held in November in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, said the COP28 climate change conference due to be held late this year in the United Arab Emirates, will be a chance for building on the success of COP27.

Egypt's FM holds talks with his Chinese counterpart in Cairo

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 - 11:25 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had talks on Sunday with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang, currently visiting.

FM Shoukry attends Brazilian President elect Lula da Silva speech at COP27

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 - 08:56 GMT

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, president of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, attended on Wednesday Brazilian President elect Lula da Silva speech, in a special event organized on sidelines of COP27.

FM Shoukry says Egypt keen to foster relations with Pakistan in different fields

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 - 09:10 GMT

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt is keen to boost relations with Pakistan in different fields, with a view to achieving mutual interests and advancing development plans in both countries.

Egypt’s FM Shoukry chairs 1st meeting of ‘COP27 Friends’ group

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 - 10:08 GMT

Egypt’s Foreign Minister and President-Designate of the 27th session of the UN climate conference (COP27) Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday presided over the first ‘Friends of COP27’ group meeting, which was held via video conferencing.

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