Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday. Shoukry and Blinken discussed US support for Egypt to weather the economic challenges triggered by the war in Ukraine, according to a US embassy readout. They also touched on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute and COP27 preparations, according to a cabinet statement. Shoukry has been making the rounds in New York, meeting with the Foreign Ministers of France, Norway, Malta, India, Cyprus and the Netherlands, and the US envoy to Yemen.

Egypt’s Ambassador to Russia Nazih El Nagary submitted his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, RT Arabic reported.

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