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 Egypt’s president has declared his country’s “full support” to Palestine in a phone call with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in the call on Wednesday highlighted Egypt’s “intensive efforts” to broker a ceasefire in Gaza, and Cairo’s backing for the Palestinian right to an independent state.Abbas expressed his gratitude for Egypt’s efforts and gave his blessings to Egyptians for the holy month of Ramadan.El-Sisi also spoke by phone with the president of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. They exchanged Ramadan greetings and wished good fortune on the Egyptian and Sudanese people during the holy month.Later,…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Iraq counterpart Fuad Hussein, held a telephone conversation on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and regional security issues. They discussed bilateral relations between Iran and Iraq, emphasizing the need to continue the positive trend and implement agreements between the two countries’ top officials. They also addressed the recent developments in their bilateral relations, noting a meeting of the two presidents on the sidelines of the recent Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) summit in Algeria. The two top diplomats highlighted the importance of increasing negotiations and cooperation to enhance security in the region. Additionally, the…

Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), on Tuesday met with the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Michael Ratney, in Riyadh. During the meeting, they discussed topics related to humanitarian and relief affairs, developments in the humanitarian and relief situation in the Gaza Strip, and aspects of cooperation. source: Arab News

The dollar-to-ruble rate at Moscow Exchange currency trading was 91.35 rubles, the euro-to-ruble amounted to 99.9 rubles

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian extended congratulations on the start of the holy month of Ramadan to fellow foreign ministers in Islamic nations. Amirabdollahian marked the beginning of Ramadan on Wednesday by sending messages to his counterparts. In his communication, Iran’s foreign minister also urged for global Muslim unity to realize Islam’s noble ideals, emphasizing the need for Islamic solidarity to counter the aggressions and crimes of the Zionist regime against Palestinians. Amirabdollahian highlighted the dire situation in Gaza under Israeli siege, stressing the Islamic world’s necessity to effectively confront warmongers. The observance of Ramadan traditionally begins with the sighting…

The Federal Air Transport Agency noted that since 9 a.m Pulkovo has been operating normally MOSCOW, March 13. /TASS/. Operations at the Pulkovo airport were limited this morning to ensure flight safety, now the airport is operating as usual, the Federal Air Transport Agency said in a statement. “To ensure the safety of civil aircraft flights from 08:29 to 08:59 a.m. Moscow time on March 13, temporary restrictions were introduced on the operation of Pulkovo airport,” the statement says. The Federal Air Transport Agency added that Pulkovo has been operating normally since 9 a.m. Source: Tass

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday reiterated the necessity of stopping Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and ending the suffering of the Palestinian people, the Saudi Press Agency said. In a weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the ministers stressed Palestinians’ rights to live in safety and self-determination through a reliable and irreversible path to establishing their state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Separately, the council renewed its call on all Sudanese parties to adhere to the outcomes of the Jeddah talks aimed at halting hostilities and resolving the crisis through…

NAIROBI, March 13. /TASS/. Russia and Burundi are successfully developing cooperation on peaceful nuclear energy, in particular, in particular on improving the nuclear energy infrastructure in that African country, Russia’s ambassador to Burundi Valery Mikhailov told TASS.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian denounced the continued inability of the United Nations Security Council to stop the war against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Amirabdollahian noted that the Security Council’s failure to put an end to the genocidal war on Gaza was due to the US’s prevention of the council’s effective actions through excessive resort to the right of veto. He made the remarks in a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN Security Council, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as well as the foreign…

Dmitry Chernyshenko also noted that by 2030, artificial intelligence will be actively used in all Russian regions, in particular in territorial planning, in medicine, and in the provision of social services