Egypt’s Sissi ratifies island handover to Saudi Arabia: cabinet

Aerial view of Tiran (foreground) and the Sanafir (background) islands in the Strait of Tiran between Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia. (AFP)
Updated 24 June 2017
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Egypt’s Sissi ratifies island handover to Saudi Arabia: cabinet

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ratified a treaty that hands over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, the cabinet said Saturday.
Sissi ratified the maritime border treaty days after parliament approved the deal.
 

Turkiye’s Erdogan tells UK’s Starmer more can be done for dialogue on Iran

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Turkiye’s Erdogan tells UK’s Starmer more can be done for dialogue on Iran

  • Prolonged interventions could cause great damage to regional and global stability

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer by phone that there are still things that can be done ⁠to build a ⁠ground for dialogue on Iran, and that Turkiye’s peace-focused efforts ⁠are ongoing.
The Turkish presidency statement on Saturday cited Erdogan as saying that Turkiye was monitoring the process that began with the attacks on Iran, ⁠and ⁠that prolonged interventions could cause great damage to regional and global stability.