Day: October 17, 2021

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130th Canton Fair: China to continue opening-up, sharing opportunities with the world

GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On October 14, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 130th Canton Fair.

In his letter, Xi noted that the Fair made significant contributions to facilitating international trade, internal-external exchanges, and economic development since its founding in 1957.

Facing global changes and a pandemic both unseen in a century, the world economy and trade are undergoing profound transformations. The Canton Fair, therefore, should help foster China’s new development paradigm, innovate its mechanism, create more business models, and expand its role to become a vital platform for the country’s opening-up on all fronts, Xi said.

This platform should also help advance the high-quality development of global trade and facilitate the “dual circulation” of domestic and overseas markets. China is willing to join hands with all other nations and practice real multilateralism to build a world economy featuring high-level openness, Xi said.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 130th Canton Fair and the Pearl River International Trade Forum in China’s southern city of Guangzhou. He said China’s development is propelled by opening-up and reform, and the country will share its development opportunities with the world to achieve better development.

130th Canton Fair: China to continue opening-up, sharing opportunities with the world

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Cote d’Ivoire Prime Minister Patrick Achi and Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development Rebeca Grynspan attended the ceremony via video link.

Premier Li said the history of the Canton Fair is a history of China’s opening-up and integration into the world economy, and also a history of enterprises from all over the world sharing China’s development opportunities and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.

Foreign leaders spoke highly of the Canton Fair’s role in promoting international trade and facilitating the global economic recovery in the post-pandemic era. They expressed their confidence in China’s economic development prospects and said that they will encourage companies from their countries to expand cooperation in China to better share China’s development opportunities.

After the opening ceremony, Premier Li inspected some domestic and foreign exhibition halls and listened to their briefings on businesses. In the end of the inspection, Premier Li said he hopes the Fair can scale new heights in advancing win-win cooperation and sustainable development.

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340 new coronavirus cases, 9 deaths reported in Syria

340 new coronavirus cases, 70 recoveries and 9 deaths were reported in Syria, according to the Health Ministry.

The total number of the coronavirus infections detected in Syria has reached up to 38, 705 till now, of which 24, 943 have recovered, while 2,391 have passed away.

The first coronavirus infection was reported in Syria on March 22nd last year in a person who came from abroad, while the first fatality was recorded on the 29th of the same month.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

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Egypt’s furniture exports hit 161.413 million dollars

The Egyptian Furniture Export Council said the sector’s exports during the first eight months of 2021 increased by 19 percent to dlrs 161.413 million compared to dlrs 136.154 million during the same period of 2020.

The monthly report issued by the Council on Sunday indicated that the sector’s exports declined in August 2021 by 5 percent to reach 13.959 million dollars against 14.684 million dollars in August 2020.

But the sector’s exports hit the record in April 2021 by recording 25.753 million dollars compared to 8.763 million dollars in April 2020.

The council said eight countries took 75.8 percent of Egypt’s furniture exports with Saudi Arabia being ranked the first in terms of countries importing Egyptian furniture during the first eight months of 2021 as they increased by 7.7 percent to reach about dlrs 42 million compared to dlrs 39 million during the same period of 2020.

Iraq came second with furniture imports amounting to 17 million dollars compared to 15 million dollars.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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President al-Assad receives Lavrentiev, Vershinin..talks deal with standing cooperation

President Bashar al-Assad received on Sunday Russian President’s Special Envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Vershinin and an accompanying delegation.

Talks during the meeting dealt with the standing cooperation between Syria and Russia in the war on terror, and coordination on the economic and commercial levels.

Lavrentiev and Vershinin said that this visit comes within President Putin’s directives to boost this cooperation and expand work with Syria in all fields and at all levels, reiterating that Russia is ready to actively contribute to the process of reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure destroyed by terrorism and to establish investment partnerships with Syria in the fields of energy and agriculture in a way that achieves the interests of the two friendly peoples and contributes to activating the Syrian economy.

The talks also tackled the latest developments in Syria, the region and the world.

President al-Assad considered that those developments and changes, foremost of which is the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, indicate the retreat of the role of the US and its allies, which requires from countries of the region to work to enhance security and peace with the will of their peoples without external interferences.

The two sides also discussed meetings of the committee of discussing the Constitution which will start tomorrow, affirming the importance of continuation of the political track in order to reach agreements based on the principles of the Syrian people and keep Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

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Sisi witnesses Al Mouled Al Nabawy ceremony

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi witnessed on Sunday 17/10/2021 a ceremony of the Awqaf Ministry on Al Mouled Al Nabawy which is held at Al Manara Conference Center in the Fifth Settlement, New Cairo.

The ceremony started with reciting some verses of Quran.

The event was attended by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb, Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa alongside other top state officials and religious scholars.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Sisi watches documentary on Egypt’s Islamic history

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday watched a documentary film titled “Unique Reality” displaying the glorious Islamic history of Egypt.

The film highlighted that Egypt has been and will remain the land of preachers since Islam entered Egypt and mosques and Islamic architecture had been built nationwide.

The film reviewed the efforts of Awqaf Ministry in confronting the extremist and terrorist thoughts following the 25th January revolution of 2011 and the intellectual confrontation against the powers of darkness whose ferociousness heightened after the June 30th revolution of 2013.

It also depicted the ministry’s efforts in building, renewing and developing 6,600 mosques nationwide along with opening academies for preachers and sending preaching convoys to various countries in the Arab region and worldwide.

The film also screened parts of Sisi’s speech about the state’s efforts in backing the preachers and imams and providing them with the proper atmosphere to perform their duties in spreading moderate speech about Islam.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Awqaf minister hands Sisi “Ro’ya”

Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Sunday handed President Abdel Fattah El Sisi a copy of Roya series for enlightened thinking in appreciation of the president’s efforts in building the nation, supporting moderate speech and improving the conditions of preachers.

This came during Al Awqaf Ministry ceremony to celebrate Al Mouled Al Nabawy held at Al Manara Conference Center in the 5th Settlement, New Cairo.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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President Sisi honors number of preachers

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi honored on Sunday a number of distinguished Muslim scholars during the Awqaf Ministry’s celebration of Al Mouled Al Nabawy.

The President conferred the Order of Sciences and Arts of First Class on Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Al Hefnawi, full-time jurisprudence professor at the Faculty of Sharia and Law in Tanta, Sheikh Jaber Tayaa Youssef Sultan, former head of the religious sector, Sheikh Khaled Abdel Mohsen Hussein El Gendi, imam, preacher and teacher at Awqaf Ministry and Sheikh Ismail El Rawi Mohamed El-Sayed Magdy, Director of South Sinai Awqaf Directorate.

Also among those honored were Nihad Mohamed Sami Redwan Hatata, former head of the Central Administration of Awqaf Minister’s Office Affairs, and Sheikh Ahmed Essam El-Din Farhat El-Moji, imam, preacher and teacher at the Awqa Ministry.

The President also honored a number of non-Egyptian Muslim preachers, including Sudanese Awqaf Minister Sheikh Nasr el Din Mufreh and head of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Sudan Sheikh Abdullah Berjowal.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Three children martyred in mine blast, Sweida northern countryside

Three children were martyred and three others were injured in a blast of a mine left behind by Daesh “ISIS” terrorists in al-Saqyiah village, Sweida northern countryside.

“A mind left behind by Daesh terrorists went off on Saturday evening in al-Saqyiah village in Sweida northern countryside as three children were martyred and three others were injured,” a source a Sweida Police Command told SANA.

The source added that one of the injured children sustained severe wounds and he was rushed to one of the hospitals in Damascus while the other two children were transferred to hospitals in Sweida province.

Ahead of their defeat, terrorist organizations had planted explosive devices and mines in the houses, infrastructure and agricultural lands to intimidate the locals and to prevent them from returning to their lands.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

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With tireless efforts… Namra establishes his own project despite injury

An accident had no impact on the will and determination of the Homeland Wounded, Hussein Namra, to go ahead in his life, work and production. The accident gave him a strong momentum to overcome his injury in the left hand.

Namra, although his injury, decided to continue the profession of his ancestors of selling copper and brassware by opening a shop at coppersmiths’ market in Aleppo.

In a statement to SANA, Namra said that he had an accident during clashes with terrorists in 2017 in Harasta, Damascus countryside.

“I was admitted to the hospital to receive treatment, and the accident led to a disability with 85%, but, when my health began to recover, I decided to return to work and restore my shop and start with my own project in selling cooper in 2019,” Namra added.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

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Terrorists detonate explosive device in car of reconciliation committee member, Quneitra

Terrorists have detonated an explosive device in a car parked in front of its owner’s house in al-Qusaybah village, Quneitra southern countryside, as the car was damaged without causing any casualties.

An explosive device planted by terrorists in the car of a member of the Reconciliation Committee in Quneitra, Abdullah al-Shraideh, exploded this morning in front of his house in al-Qusaybah village, which led to its destruction and material damage to the place, local sources told SANA reporter.

The sources affirmed that there were no civilian casualties, pointing out that this is the fourth attempt to assassinate al-Shraideh by terrorists as part of their attempts to impede the efforts of peaceful solutions proposed by the state to spread peace and safety across the province.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)