President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has stressed the importance of strengthening Egypt’s food and water security, improving agricultural productivity and ensuring the sustainable management of national resources, affirming that development initiatives must deliver tangible results for citizens.

Egypt, Kazakhstan seek to deepen bilateral ties across strategic sectors

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly received on Wednesday Kazakhstan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi and his accompanying delegation at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and expanding co-operation in economic, investment, cultural, educational and tourism sectors.

Macron vows order, calls foreign criticism of unrest ‘stupid’

PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Wednesday to prevent a repeat of last weekend’s violence at protests planned in the coming days, and dismissed as “stupid” and “unacceptable” comments ‌from some foreign leaders about the unrest.

France’s main student union, UNEF, has called for further rallies on Saturday, while the Yellow Vest group, which emerged as a potent anti-establishment movement in 2018, has filed plans for a march through central Paris the same day.

Saudi Arabia agrees to extra diesel supplies to France

Saudi Arabia has agreed to supply France with extra diesel “for as many months as necessary”, the French presidency said Wednesday, as President Emmanuel Macron visited Riyadh to secure energy supplies.

Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also agreed to consult on expanding security co-operation and infrastructure projects to bypass the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, the Elysee Palace told AFP.