Qatar is most likely to host the upcoming talks between Iran and the US, mediated by the European Union, to close the remaining gaps in efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. This comes amid [ More … ]
Ukraine conflict may curb Egypt’s tourism and increase its food import bill, pushing government to talks with the International Monetary Fund on funding. Egypt is in talks with the International Monetary Fund on possible support [ More … ]
Lebanon has maintained diplomatic ties with Syria since 2011, but adopted a so-called policy of dissociation from the civil war Lebanese officials visited Damascus on Saturday to discuss plans to import gas through war-torn Syria’s [ More … ]
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Monday Qatar Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al Thani at the Qatari Foreign Ministry in Doha. The official talks session began between Egyptian [ More … ]
The Hamas delegation to Cairo includes members from the diaspora Saleh Al-Arouri, Izzat Al-Rashq and Husam Badran as well as officials from its Political Bureau in Gaza Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya, Essam Al-Dalis and Zakaria Abu [ More … ]
The United Nations will convene a meeting of parties in the Cyprus dispute in Geneva in late April, the first such meeting since 2017 when talks about the divided island collapsed in disarray, according to [ More … ]
US State Department says Washington is open to a possible meeting to ‘discuss a diplomatic way forward’ about Iran’s nuclear program The United States has said it would accept a European invitation to engage in [ More … ]
The three African nations say they failed to agree on new approach to resolve dispute over Ethiopia’s mega-dam project Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have once again failed to agree on a new negotiating approach to [ More … ]
Lebanon and Israel have started talks to settle a maritime border dispute between them Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, began unprecedented talks sponsored by the United Nations and the United States on Wednesday [ More … ]
United States, which has welcomed the framework agreement, will act as facilitator during the discussions Lebanon and Israel have agreed to hold UN-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running maritime and land borders dispute, Speaker [ More … ]
The second round of Libyan talks are due to begin today in the Moroccan resort town of Bouznika, south of Rabat, with the participation of representatives of the High Council of State in Libya and [ More … ]
Delegates from Libya’s internationally recognized government and from putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s side on Thursday agreed on the criteria for appointments to their country’s key institutions, a joint statement made at talks in Morocco said [ More … ]
Egypt and Sudan suspended talks with Ethiopia after it proposed linking a deal on its newly constructed reservoir and giant hydroelectric dam to a broader agreement about the Blue Nile waters that would replace a [ More … ]
Ethiopia will skip the latest round of U.S.-brokered talks this week on a disputed Nile dam project with Egypt and Sudan, the country’s water ministry announced Wednesday, reported The Associated Press. The U.S.-sponsored trilateral talks [ More … ]
Member of Hamas Political Bureau, Mousa Abu Marzouq, revealed that his movement has rejected holding talks with the US due to its bias towards the Israeli occupation, Quds Press reported on Friday. According to Quds [ More … ]
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