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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi met with Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdel Atty and the Turkish Ambassador in Cairo. The Spokesman for the Presidency said the Turkish foreign minister conveyed to the President the greetings and appreciation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which was valued by the President. President Sisi also praised the outcome of President Erdoğan’s visit to Egypt last February, which gave a positive impetus to ties between the two countries. The meeting reviewed the overall relations between…

European stock markets opened Monday at a nearly six-month low, the media reported, amid a global sell-off fueled by concerns about a slowdown in US economic growth

Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi held separate telephone talks on Monday with the foreign ministers of Spain, Norway and the UK. Safadi discussed with his counterparts the “dangerous” regional escalation and the fallout of the assassination of the head of the Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh.Jordan condemned the assassination in Tehran, Iran, and called it a crime pushing the situation towards an explosion regionally.He said Israel’s immediate cessation of its aggression on Gaza and its violations of international law would be the first step to de-escalate.Safadi urged an end to Israel’s war on Gaza and practical international actions and clear positions…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has described Russia as a “strategic partner” of the Islamic Republic, stressing that the expansion of relations with Moscow is a top foreign policy priority of his government. Pezeshkian made the remarks in a Monday meeting with Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Sergei Shoigu, who was in Tehran on a day-long visit to hold talks with Iranian authorities. He noted that Russia has been a steadfast ally during Iran’s challenging times and underscored the need to expedite the implementation of agreements reached between the two countries. “We believe that the era of unilateralism by certain powers,…

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Türkiye will file to join the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, the country’s foreign minister announced on Monday. “We will submit our prepared file to join the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice at The Hague on Wednesday,” Hakan Fidan told a news conference alongside his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo. Fidan added that those who condemn the Russia-Ukraine war are playing “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” in the face of Israeli’s continued occupation of Palestinian lands. He added that last week Israel killed the…

The Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the intention to bring trade between the two countries to $250 bln in 2024 at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Liu Xu noted

Egypt called Monday for ending Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip and access to humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave “without conditions.” Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held talks in Cairo with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, who is visiting Egypt upon an Egyptian invitation. “We discussed the crisis in Gaza, as well as the situation in Libya, Sudan, Yemen, and the Red Sea,” Abdelatty said during a joint press conference with the Turkish foreign minister. “Our message to the world is to work towards ending the war in Gaza and ensuring that aid reaches the enclave without conditions…

The Bank of Russia carries out purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the currency section of the Moscow Exchange in the yuan-ruble instrument

Amid endless sanctions and Russia’s disconnection from SWIFT, the Bank of Russia has developed its own payment system, which many countries have already joined, Valentina Matviyenko noted