Iraq
Egyptian Ambassador to Baghdad met Tuesday with Iraqi Minister of Manufacturing and Minerals Khaled Battal Negm.
Ambassador to Baghdad Ahmed Samir met Monday with Iraqi Minister of Trade Athir Daoud Salman al-Gherizi.
The Egyptian deputy prime minister was in an official visit to Baghdad on September 8-10.
Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Palestinian Presidency condemned Tuesday the allegations made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Egypt.
In the initial five months of 2024, Egypt's imports from Iraq tallied at $4.1 million, showing a climb from $2.3 million recorded in the corresponding period of 2023, depicting a $1.7 million surge.
President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi met Tuesday – in New Alamain - with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shaya El Sudani who is leading a high-profile delegation in an official visit to Egypt.
El-Sheikh emphasized the intention to expand and diversify the range of financial products available to investors and to boost liquidity in both markets.
Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Eng. Karim Badawi, met Wednesday with new Iraqi Ambassador to Cairo Dr. Qahtan Taha Khalaf, where both discussed ways of enhancing joint cooperation in the fields of oil and gas.
They discussed bilateral relations and regional crises.
The ministers called on the UN Security Council to adopt a binding resolution to halt Israel's aggression against Gaza and its ongoing breaches of international law.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Jordanian and Iraqi counterparts Ayman Al-Safadi and Fouad Hussein held a Tuesday meeting to discuss their nations’ tripartite cooperation mechanism.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has reaffirmed Egypt’s firm stance on supporting the stability and security of Iraq.
Egypt condemned Tuesday the terrorist attack carried out by the Islamic State (IS) against a military post in Iraq's Salaheldin governorate and that killed an officer and four soldiers.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sent his greetings to multiple Arab and Muslims leaders on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Monday his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters who is holding a visit to Egypt.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Tuesday Leader of the Iraqi National Wisdom Movement Ammar al-Hakim and an accompanying delegation in Cairo.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Monday a phone call from his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein.
Mr. Al-Hakim valued Egypt’s pivotal role in safeguarding security and stability in the region and confirmed that Iraq seeks to further strengthen the historical relations between the two countries, said the Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Ahmed Fahmy in a statement.
The Iraqi government is in coordination with the Egyptian authorities for delivering medical aid and supplies, and urgent humanitarian needs for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, who are being air stricken by Israelis, the Iraqi Cabinet said in a statement.
The ministers will discuss coordination between Egypt and Iraq on Arab issues, most notably the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and ways to end the suffering of the Palestinian people under continuous bombardment.
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