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Syria top diplomat visits Egypt in first since war
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Cairo on Saturday, a first since Syria's civil war broke out over a decade ago, Shoukry's office said.
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Egypt finds mummified ram heads
Some 2,000 mummified ram heads dating from the Ptolemaic period and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been uncovered at the temple of Ramses II in the ancient city of Abydos in southern Egypt, antiquities officials said on March 25.
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Are Turkey and Egypt on a path toward normalizing relations?
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was in Cairo on Saturday for the first time since ties were ruptured a decade ago to push to restore full diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Türkiye, Egypt launched process to appoint ambassadors: Çavuşoğlu
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu described their meeting with his Egyptian Sameh Shoukry as "open and sincere" and said the process has begun to raise the bilateral relations to the level of ambassadors.
Türkiye, Egypt to raise diplomatic ties to highest level soon: Turkish FM
Ankara and Cairo will raise diplomatic relations to the highest level "as soon as possible," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 18, noting that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, could meet after the elections in Türkiye as part of efforts to end of a decade of estrangement between the two countries.
Türkiye’s top diplomat visits Cairo as part of normalization process
Türkiye's chief diplomat was in Cairo on March 18 for talks with Egyptian officials as the regional powers seek to mend their frayed ties after years of tensions.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Türkiye's foreign minister, landed in the Egyptian capital early Saturday. He was the highest-ranking Turkish official to visit the Arab World's most populous nation in over a decade.
Turkish FM to visit Egypt as countries end decade-long split
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Egypt, his ministry announced Friday, the first such high-level trip in more than a decade as the countries repair relations damaged in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring.
Turkish top diplomat to visit Cairo amid normalization efforts
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will pay a one-day visit to Egypt on March 18 amid ongoing efforts to mend ties between Ankara and Cairo.
Çavuşoğlu will be the first senior Turkish official to visit Egypt in the last decade.
Smiley, dimpled sphinx statue found in Egypt
Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a sphinx statue "with a smiley face and two dimples" near the Hathor Temple, one of the country's best preserved ancient sites, the tourism and antiquities ministry announced on March 6.
It is the latest in a series of discoveries revealed over the past few months.
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Vucevic meets with Egypt's army chief of staff, military production minister
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic held separate meetings with the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lt-Gen Osama Askar and the country's Minister for Military Production Mohamed Mustafa at the IDEX 2023 arms fair in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.