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Egypt Today
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Today
Egypt's FM meets with Head of UN Security Council Reform Negotiations
CAIRO – 11 May 2025: Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdelatty received Ambassador Tariq Albanai, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations in New York and Head of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on Security Council Reform, on Sunday, May 11, in Cairo. Minister Abdelatty praised Kuwait's leadership in chairing the IGN process over the past years and during the current session of the UN General Assembly. He also expressed appreciation for Ambassador Albanai's visit to Cairo as part of his regional tour. Reaffirming Egypt's firm position on the need to reform the UN Security Council, the Minister stressed that Egypt's stance is rooted in the unified African position as outlined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, as well as the core principles of the Arab position on the matter. Minister Abdelatty also reiterated Egypt's support for the efforts of the African Union's "Committee of Ten," chaired by Sierra Leone, which is mandated with promoting and defending Africa's common position in the ongoing negotiations for Security Council reform.
Middle East
28-03-2025
- Politics
- Middle East
OPEN// Sisi, Sierra Leone President call for protecting sovereignty, stability in Africa
CAIRO, March 27 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio stressed the importance of respecting national sovereignty and working to maintain stability in the Horn of Africa. In a joint press conference following talks at Ittihadiya Palace on Thursday, the two leaders called for a permanent African seat at the UN Security Council, stressing the importance of African unity based on the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration. President Sisi emphasized Egypt's support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel and stressed the need for a comprehensive approach to combating terrorism that includes addressing economic and social challenges. He reaffirmed that Nile water is a matter of national survival for Egypt and called for increased cooperation among Nile Basin countries to secure shared benefits. On Gaza, both presidents called for a permanent and sustainable ceasefire, resumption of negotiations, and the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. The two leaders also agreed to expand cooperation in the domains of agriculture, infrastructure, irrigation, fisheries, and food security, and to strengthen economic and investment ties between between both countries. (MENA) H A T/R E E
