Ahead of the COP29 Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Egypt Elkhan Polukhov stated that the UN climate change conference will continue to work on ideas proposed at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh and put forth new ones, such as hosting the first gathering of faith leaders to hear their opinions on the global climate change crisis.
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Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf on Thursday said the US had been exerting its utmost efforts to prevent the regional escalation of the Gaza war but blamed Iran and vowed reprisal for the recent deaths of US soldiers.
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US Special Envoy for Libya, Ambassador Richard Norland, emphasized the imperative of involving all key Libyan parties in forthcoming political negotiations during an online event organized by the US State Department.
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The Indian Secretary Minister for External Affairs, Ausaf Sayeed, highlights in an interview with Ahram Online the significance of President Abdelfattah El-Sisi's visit to India in January, which helped upgrade the relationship between both countries to a strategic partnership.
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General Michael E. Kurilla, commander of the US’s Central Command (CENTCOM), spoke to Ahram Online via telephone where he praised Egypt as a pillar of stability in the region and affirmed the two country’s enduring military partnership.
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Hady Amr, the recently appointed US Department of State’s special representative for Palestinian affairs bureau of near eastern affairs, spoke in a special briefing via telephone about the US’s commitment to “lifting up Palestinian lives” by helping them to achieve freedom, dignity and justice.
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John Kerry, the US Presidential Climate Envoy, praised on Monday Egypt’s hosting of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) taking place in the Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh, hailing the inclusion for the first time the issue of loss and damages into the official agenda of COP.
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At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, you may notice some people wearing a red flower in the buttonhole of their suit or on their dresses and wonder what the significance of such a symbol is.
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Wearing a traditional feathered headdress, Zé Bajaga Apurinã travelled to the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh to deliver a message about the negative effects of climate change on the lives of his people in Brazil.
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US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking blamed in a phone conference on Wednesday the Houthi militias for obstructing the extension of the UN truce in Yemen and said that the Houthis imposed unacceptable conditions, including paying the salaries of their fighters first.
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Ramin Toloui, the US assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, spoke to Ahram Online, answering questions about the best way to address the high food and energy prices resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war.
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The forum will be held virtually from 1-5 March 2021 under the auspices of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
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Huge amounts of money flow through the US political system at elections time, with much of it untraceable, despite campaign finance regulations, says the executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics
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The upcoming US presidential election is characterised by several factors that may not have happened before in any other elections since the founding of the United States in July 1776
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Mike Pompeo spoke via teleconference link to select journalists from the Middle East, including Al-Ahram
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Paris regards Egypt as a "pool of stability” and major partner in the region, its ambassador in Cairo tells Ahram Online
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Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations Julien Barnes-Dacey gave his views on the current situation in the Middle East to Suzy Elgeneidy
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US Special Envoy to Syria Joel Rayburn explains the main lines of US policy on Syria
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