Egyptian foreign minister to visit China this week

The two countries will hold a foreign ministers' level strategic dialogue, Mao added. (GETTY IMAGES)
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Updated 11 December 2024
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Egyptian foreign minister to visit China this week

  • The two countries will hold a foreign ministers’ level strategic dialogue, Mao added

BEIJING: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty will visit China from Dec. 12-13, Mao Ning, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, told a regular press conference on Wednesday.
The two countries will hold a foreign ministers’ level strategic dialogue, Mao added. The Arab League, an assembly of 22 Middle Eastern and North African nations, including Syria, is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt’s capital.


3 French tourists drown when their boat capsizes in Oman

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3 French tourists drown when their boat capsizes in Oman

  • Three tourists died, and two suffered minor injuries
  • Police say that investigations are ongoing to determine the circumstances of the incident

DUBAI: Three French tourists drowned in Oman after the boat they were in capsized in waters off the sultanate’s capital city of Muscat, police said Tuesday.
The Royal Oman Police said the ship carried 25 French tourists, as well as a tour guide and a boat captain, when it capsized in the Gulf of Oman. It said three tourists died and two suffered minor injuries.
The police said in a short statement that “investigations are still ongoing to determine the circumstances of the incident.”

Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, draws tourists from around the world for its diving and natural beauty.