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Egypt facilitating deliveries of aid to Sinai for Gaza

Published on: October 12, 2023
15:03

Cairo, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Egypt said on Thursday it was directing international aid flights for Gaza to an airport in northern Sinai, though delivery of relief into the Palestinian enclave has so far been hampered by Israeli bombardments around the border.

Egypt intensifies contacts to end violence in the Levant

Published on: October 11, 2023
09:50

Cairo, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian government is carrying out an intense campaign of regional and international contacts to put an end to the escalation of the conflict between Israelites and Palestinians, which caused the death of almost 2,200 people in four days.

Saudi Gov’t calls urgent meeting of Islamic Cooperation Organization

Published on: October 10, 2023
08:54

Riyadh, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Saudi Arabia called an urgent meeting of the ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), made up of 57 countries, to address the situation in Gaza, official sources reported on Tuesday.

Egypt rejects any plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza

Published on: October 10, 2023
08:53

Cairo, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Egypt will reject any plan by Israel to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and resettle them in the neighboring Sinai Peninsula, a security source informed on Tuesday.

WHO commends Egypt for progress in eliminating hepatitis C

Published on: October 9, 2023
16:37

Geneva, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) The Arab Republic of Egypt has become the first country to achieve the "gold tier” status on the path to elimination of hepatitis C as per WHO criteria. This means that Egypt has fulfilled WHO's programmatic coverage targets that will set the country up to achieve the reduced incidence and mortality targets of full elimination before 2030.

Warnings on water crisis in Egypt due to population increase

Published on: October 2, 2023
11:33

Cairo, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) Rapid population growth is causing Egypt to face a serious water crisis because it needs two billion cubic meters of additional water every year, an authorized source warned.

Egypt and Russia talked about the conflict in Ukraine

Published on: September 28, 2023
09:06

Cairo, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) The President of Egypt, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, received the secretary of the Security Council of Russia, Nikolai Patrushev, with whom he held a dialogue about the conflict in Ukraine.

Egyptian Gov’t condemns systematic desecration of Quran

Published on: September 26, 2023
13:17

Cairo, Sep 26 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian Government Tuesday condemned the desecration of a copy of the Quran by an extremist in the Netherlands, and warned that such repeated incidents in Europe are irresponsible.

Egypt calls on Israel to stop violence on Palestinian territories

Published on: September 22, 2023
12:06

Cairo, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry called on Israel to stop the escalation of violence on the occupied Palestinian territories, due to the danger it poses to the Middle East.

Egypt condemns escalation of Israeli violence and demands dialogue

Published on: September 21, 2023
08:08

Cairo, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian government condemned Israel's escalation of violence against the Palestinian people and called on the Israeli authorities to immediately stop their policy of collective punishment in the occupied territories.

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