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Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Ministers extraordinary meeting to discuss the Syrian crisis in Cairo, Egypt December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt ‘Deeply Concerned’ about Kurdish Referendum, Aboul Gheit Calls for ‘Containing Repercussions’

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 27, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed his “regret at the insistence of the Kurds to organize the independence referendum, despite intensive Arab and international efforts to prevent moving forward with the step, to avoid the...

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India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj smiles while addressing the India Africa business forum in New Delhi, India, October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/Files

Arab League’s Afifi: India’s Position on Supporting Palestinian Cause ‘Has not Changed’

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 26, 2017 | World

Cairo- Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj agreed on the importance of strengthening cooperation between Arab states and India in political, economic and cultural fields. In this context, AL Secretary-General Aboul Gheit...

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Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) meets with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in Cairo on February 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED

United Nations, Arab League Agree to Activate Cooperation

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 25, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and UN chief Antonio Guterres have agreed to activate the cooperation agreement signed between the two organizations last year. Aboul Gheit met Guterres at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly,...

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Arab foreign ministers meet during a regular session in Cairo. Saudi Gazette

Arab Quartet: Doha Doesn’t Want Solution…Continues Funding Terrorism

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- A sharp debate took place on Tuesday among Arab senior diplomats and ministers during the 148th ordinary session of the Arab League (AL) at its headquarters in Cairo over charges against Qatar of supporting terrorism. During the meeting, the representatives of...

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Iraq’s Kurdistan region president Massud Barzani (L) receives Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit on September 9, 2017 in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. / AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED

Aboul Gheit Calls for Strengthening Federal State to Guarantee Iraq’s Unity

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 11, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo– Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit underlined the need to preserve Iraq’s unity and to hold direct and open dialogue between the different Iraqi components. Aboul Gheit concluded his visit to Iraq on Saturday evening, after meeting with Prime...