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Concern and condemnation as Egypt court sentences 529 to death
Governments, human rights groups speak out as foreign ministry defends what could be largest mass-execution in Egyptâs history

Foreign minister meets with Sudanese counterpart at Arab Summit
Nabil Fahmy and Ali Karty follow up on âpositive stepsâ taken during recent Cairo talks

Foreign Minister meets with Kuwaiti leaders ahead of 25th Arab League Summit
Nabil Fahmyâs Kuwaiti visit comes on the heels of a two-day stint to Beirut

Ethiopiaâs GERD to begin producing electricity next year
Two of the damâs turbines will begin generating power within 18 months, says Ethiopiaâs foreign ministry

Fahmy meets Lebanese delegations
Egyptian foreign minister in Lebanon to discuss Syria, cooperation

Foreign minister calls for Geneva peace talks to resume
Nabil Fahmy says a political solution that leads to âchange, freedom, and democracyâ is the only way to end the âtragedyâ of the Syrian conflict
Foreign ministry summons 13 ambassadors over human rights statement
Assistant foreign minister says statement âfull of fallaciesâ
Egyptian representative to UN addresses human rights concerns
Walid Mahmoud Abdel Nasser says Egypt determined to build democratic institutions, protect human rights

Threat of terrorism still present in the region: Foreign minister
United Arab Emirates praises recent Saudi decision to list the Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation

Nabil Fahmy meets with South Sudan foreign minister
South Sudan, Egyptian foreign ministers discuss economic ties, internal development and water security

Fahmy addresses foreign, domestic policy in AUC speech
In revolutionâs wake, Egypt must balance a âstrategic relationshipâ with the US and EU, foreign minister says

Human Rights Watch report âinaccurate, unbalancedâ: Foreign ministry
Egyptâs foreign ministry attacks HRW report on human trafficking in Sinai

Fahmy meets with Grand Mufti
The duo discuss spreading moderate Islam, battling extremism

France, UN condemn weekend of violence
France âreaffirms its condemnation of terrorism, irrespective of the perpetrators or motivesâ

Fahmy meets high-ranking British diplomat in Cairo
UK embassy condemns 25 January violence that left scores dead
Six embassy workers kidnapped in Libya
Five administrative attachés and cultural adviser abducted in Libya

Fahmy meets Moroccan counterpart
Morocco congratulates Egypt on the results of the referendum and seeks economic and political cooperation

Sunday final day for Egyptians abroad to vote
Egyptian foreign ministry says a total of 94,000 Egyptians have voted abroad over four days

Qatar requested to hand over Assem Abdel Maged: FM spokesman
Spokesman says the Egyptian government is seeking different channels to bring Abdel Maged back to Egypt

Fahmy travels to Algiers
Foreign minister Nabil Fahmy begins a two-day visit to Algeria

Egypt hopes to increase volume of Egyptian-Indian trade to $8bn
The volume of trade between Egypt and India registered $2.3bn in the first quarter of 2013

Government has responsibility to protect Human Rights: US State Department
US State Department says Protest Law âdoes not meet international standardsâ
Refugees assaulted in detention
Ministry of Interior said these were âallegationsâ and dismissed them

HRW urges Egypt to âstop coercingâ refugees from Syria to leave
The human rights group cites UNHCR as saying that fewer than 10% of the detained refugees are ever released into the community

Egypt to coordinate with Ethiopia on Renaissance Dam
Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources says Egypt and Sudan could benefit from Ethiopia’s dam

Ministers to meet over impact of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Officials will gather in Khartoum to discuss negative effects on Egypt and Sudan

UNGA trip is the beginning of a new diplomatic phase: Foreign Ministry
Nabil Fahmy had 49 bilateral talks and meetings during New York trip

Catherine Ashton visits Egypt
The EU high representative is to hold meetings with several figures, not known whether Muslim Brotherhood figures are among them

Fahmy to address UN General Assembly on Saturday
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy details “messages” he intends to deliver in New York City this week

Foreign Ministry: “There have been no political arrests since 30 June Revolution”
The statement comes in response to recent US State Department criticism of “politicized arrests” in Egypt