by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 30, 2016 | Middle East
Cairo-The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that it has received assurances from Ethiopia’s government communication affairs office Minister Getachew Reda that Addis Ababa respects Cairo’s Nile water share. The communications office of the Ethiopian council of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 3, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Addis Ababa confirmed on Wednesday that it is ready to open talks with Cairo on its Renaissance Dam project, following news that Egypt has formed a special legal committee to look at the possibility of securing international arbitration over the...
by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 3, 2013 | Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Career diplomat and politician Nabil Fahmy finds himself at the helm of Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a very difficult time in the country’s history. With the eyes of the international community firmly on post-Mursi Egypt, it is Fahmy’s...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jul 21, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said yesterday that Egypt was evaluating its foreign relations and will work hard to resolve all sticking issues after going through two revolutions in as many years. Fahmy, a former Egyptian ambassador to...
by Ahmed Younis | Jun 27, 2013 | Interviews
Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudanese Information Minister, Ahmad Bilal Osman, emphasized that his government will not negotiate with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement-North, adding that Khartoum does not recognize this group. In a broad-ranging interview...