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President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has invited a child called Ahmed Tamer, who has managed to memorize and learn the Holy Quran by heart, to attend the coming inauguration ceremony of national projects carried out by the state.
Speaking to MBC Masr TV channel, the president on Wednesday lauded the skills and talents of the child, inviting him to recite the Holy Quran in the coming opening ceremony.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir hailed the distinguished ties between Egypt and Japan as well as the efforts exerted by Japanese Ambassador in Cairo Noke Masaki to serve mutual benefit.
Wazir made the remarks during a meeting with the Japanese ambassador at the end of his term of duty in Egypt.
Wazir underlined that the investment climate in Egypt is promising, noting that there are many investment opportunities in the country’s transportation sector, whether those launched by the Transportation Ministry or in tandem with international banks.
He said the ministry is looking forward to enhancing cooperation with Japanese companies, noting that the maritime transportation sector is being developed to turn Egypt into a center for international trade and logistics and there are many investment opportunities in this area.
He noted that an agreement will be inked with the Japanese company Mitsubishi and the Spanish company CAF to develop 23 trains of the first line of Cairo Metro.
For his part, the Japanese ambassador voiced deep appreciation of Egypt’s political leadership, hailing the fruitful cooperation in various domains during the past years.
He noted that the transportation sector has witnessed a leap in the era of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
He hailed the fruitful cooperation with the transport minister in implementing a number of joint projects that serve people, topped by the fourth line of Cairo Metro which is being carried out under the set timetable.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
The Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, approved on Thursday 28/10/2021 a number of decrees including an agreement between the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) and the French Alstom Company to manufacture 55 vehicles for the line 1 of Cairo’s Metro.
In their meeting, the ministers also okayed the main conditions of five draft deals between the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and a number of international companies to be carried out in the areas of Suez Gulf, Nile Delta, Western Desert and Eastern Desert.
They also approved a presidential draft decree concerning reallocating two pieces of lands in Dakahlia governorate for the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.
The cabinet also agreed on a presidential draft decree concerning allocating amounts of lands to establish a number of schools.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
The Suez Canal is one of the important international navigation routes with 12 percent of international trade transiting the international waterway every year, said head of the Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie on Thursday 28/10/2021.
He said the SCZone has unique features that make it the locomotive of economic development in Egypt and has an investment-magnet atmosphere capable of luring local and foreign investments.
The area has a distinguished geographic location with the presence of six ports overlooking the Mediterranean and Red Sea and in light of competitive customs privileges it offers, Rabei said at the start of the authority’s activities at Dubai 2020 EXPO.
Rabei said the SCZone is qualified to be an international corridor for value added industries that can compete with major economic zones worldwide and consequently lead to the increase of the number of ships transiting the canal.
He said the opening of East Port Said side channel aimed at speeding up the shipping process and allowing ships to directly enter Port Said without being hindered by traffic along the Suez Canal.
Rabei referred to the successful handling of the crisis of 400-meter-long Ever Given ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March, saying the ship was re-floated without causing any damage to the hulk or the crew.
He said the authority exerted relentless efforts for four days to clear the canal traffic jam caused by the 422 ships that were stuck in the northern and southern entrances while waiting for the re-floating of the mammoth ship.
The authority also led a successful negotiations process with the owners of the ship to get necessary compensations, he added.
Despite the Covid 19 crisis and its negative repercussions on global trade, he said the number of ships transiting the international waterway was almost close to pre-Covid 19 rates, he added.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
A cooperation protocol has been signed between the Planning and Economic Development Ministry and the Housing Ministry’s New Urban Communities Authority to outline a mechanism for managing and following up the automation and development of governmental services being provided at technology centers.
The protocol is also aimed at achieving integration in spatial databases of the new cities.
The signing ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli along with Planning and Economic Development Minister Hala el Saeed and Housing Minister Assem el Gazzar.
The planning minister said this protocol comes in light of efforts to automate and develop services being provided to citizens, adding that 21 new city halls and municipalities are included under the protocol.
As per the protocol, the planning ministry and the New Urban Communities Authority will be assigned to continue supporting and upgrading the comprehensive program of developing services offered for citizens, investors and businessmen via engaging information technology and establishing a spatial information infrastructure unit at the urban communities authority, she added.
Meanwhile, the housing ministry said the protocol comes within the framework of the increasing importance being attached to improving services provided to the public at new cities.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
The Syrian Empress Julia Domna, who ascended to the throne of Rome, embodies the beauty, intelligence, competence and participation of women in building society, governing the state, commanding the army, planning battles, concluding peace agreements and international political and commercial agreements.
Julia Domna was born in the city of Homs in the period between 166-170 AD and descended from a noble family.
She is the daughter of Julius Bassianus, the high priest of the Temple of the Sun and the supervisor of worship not only in Homs but throughout the Roman Empire at that time.
In 187 AD, Julia married the Roman commander Septimius Severus, commander of the Fourth Division in the Roman army in Syria, and Julia Domna gave birth to her first son, Caracalla, in the French city of Lyon in 188 AD.
In 193 AD, Septimius Severus became Caesar of Rome, and Julia Domna was granted the title of “Mother of the Invincible Camps” / Latin “Mater Castrorum”
Julia participated in ruling Rome, she also participated in planning, advising and leading the war battles.
The year 204 was accorded prominence unprecedented for Julia Domna as Games were held and that was a rare event, held only once every 110 years which was presided over by Domna.
In the year 204 A.D., Games were held in Rome, which took place only once every 110 years, and they were presided over by Julia Domna.
In the same year, her husband, Septimius Severus, was killed and Caracalla ascended to the throne of Rome.
During his reign, Julia Domna supervised the administrative affairs of the Roman Empire and worked to revitalize the cultural, literary and artistic life in the empire.
Julia Domna died in Antioch, then her body was transferred to Rome and buried according to the form and rules of the burial of the Caesars. Many artifacts depicting Queen Julia Domna have been discovered in Syria.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
Temperatures will be around average, as the country is affected by a superficial low air pressure accompanied by western currents in the upper layers of the atmosphere.
Meteorology Department expected in its Thursday bulletin that the weather will be cloudy to partly cloudy with a chance for showers in some regions.
The wind will be changeable with a low speed while the sea waves will be low in amplitude
The expected temperatures in some major cities will be in Damascus 25/14, Homs 26/14, Tartous 27/15, Lattakia 28/17, Aleppo 24/14.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
The locals in Kafr Naseh village in Aleppo countryside have staged a national stand in protest against the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries of terrorist organizations and in condemnation of their criminal practices against the Syrian citizens.
Participants in the stand raised national flags and banners that condemn the Turkish regime’s intervention in the Syrian domestic affairs and the crimes perpetrated by the occupation forces and terrorists against families, calling on the occupation to end its illegitimate presence on the Syrian territory.
They affirmed support to the homeland against any form of division, sedition or any separated approach.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
The locals in Safia village in Qamishli countryside have staged a national stand in rejection of the illegitimate presence of US and Turkish occupation forces as they undermine the security in the region, and they plunder its resources.
During the stand, the locals raised national flags and banners condemning the illegitimate presence of the US and Turkish occupation forces, and chanting slogans against the occupation forces and their mercenaries.
“The locals in the Syrian Jazeera region stand united against the illegal foreign interference in Syria”, Sheikh Hussein al-Hissou from al-Rashid Clan told SANA.
He added “the Syrian people, with all their spectrum, reject the American and Turkish presence and denounce the brutal practices against our people in Tal Tamir and Ras al-Ayn.”
Hassan Salloumi from al-Ghannama clan of the Arab Tayy tribe said that the locals in the region “trust the Syrian Arab Army and consider it the only national institution capable of restoring security and safety, establishing stability in the region, eliminating terrorism and standing up to all separatist plans aimed at dividing the region.”
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
Syria has reaffirmed its continued efforts to liberate all of its occupied lands and to fight terrorism in parallel with its political efforts to reach a political solution based on a Syrian-Syrian dialogue, stressing that the constitution is a sovereign national affair.
Syria rejects foreign interference in the work of the Committee of Discussing Constitution
These remarks were expressed by Syria’s Permanent Representative the United Nations, Bassam Sabbagh during a Security Council session on Wednesday.
“The meetings of the sixth round of the Committee of Discussing the Constitution in Geneva last week showed the serious participation of the national delegation and its eagerness to present constitutional principles that respond to the aspirations of the Syrian people, and their rights in preserving the sovereignty, and independence and achieving security, stability and social and economic welfare,” Sabbagh said.
He called on foreign parties to refrain from interfering in the work of the Committee of Discussing the Constitution and not to try to frustrate its work by imposing timetables or prior conclusions.
Sabbagh added that the recent terrorist attack with two explosive devices that targeted a bus in Damascus constitutes clear evidence on the efforts of terrorist organizations and their foreign sponsors to prevent a political solution and to hinder the efforts of the Syrian state to regain security and stability to all of its territories.
Western approach to Syria reflects double standards and hostile attitude
The Syrian delegate regretted and denounced that some Western countries have obstructed the adoption of a press statement submitted by the Russian delegation to the Security Council to condemn this terrorist attack, noting that this Western approach reflects the double standards and hostile attitudes of those countries.
He reiterated Syria’s condemnation of the escalation of attacks by the Israeli occupation on its territories whether through bombing the southern region two days ago after the completion of the reconciliations in Daraa, or through its aerial assault from al-Tanf area which is controlled by US forces, or the assassination of struggler Midhat al-Saleh.
Syria demands to stop Israeli attacks and end the occupation of the US and Turkey
He called on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities to stop Israeli attacks that threaten peace and security in the region, and to compel the states which sponsor terrorism to stop their violations of international law and fully comply with the Council’s resolutions which are related to the fight against terrorism.
Syria continues its efforts to liberate its occupied lands and combat terrorism in parallel with its political efforts, and the terrorist attacks and acts will not dissuade it from continuing to work to restore security and stability and to eliminate terrorism, the Syrian Ambassador stressed.
Sabbagh again expressed Syria’s demand to put an end to the illegal presence of US and Turkish forces, and to stop their aggressive practices and their looting of the country’s economic resources and natural wealth, and to immediately and unconditionally lift the unilateral coercive measures imposed on Syria.
“Improving the humanitarian situation requires supporting the efforts of the Syrian State in providing humanitarian needs and basic services for all its citizens and creating adequate conditions for the return of the displaced and refugees,” he concluded.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
Iran has reiterated the need to resolve the crisis in Syria politically based on respecting its sovereignty and territorial integrity, stressing at the same time that all foreign forces illegally deployed on Syrian territory should leave.
During a session of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Iran’s permanent representative to the UN, Majid Takht Ravanchi, called for not politicizing the issue of humanitarian aid and for canceling the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people, in addition to supporting the efforts to rebuild what had been destroyed by terrorism.
The Iranian diplomat condemned the repeated Israeli attacks on Syrian lands, which constitute a flagrant violation of international laws and of regional and international peace and security.
He stressed Syria’s right to defend itself, calling on the Security Council to assume its responsibilities in exerting pressure on the occupation entity to stop its acts of aggression and end its occupation of the Syrian Golan.
With regard to the meetings of the Committee of Discussing the Constitution in Geneva, the representative of Iran referred to the necessity of not interfering in the work of the committee, adding that setting any artificial timetables for the end of the committee’s activities or any other conditions of this kind would negatively affect the work of the committee.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Geng Shuang, has reiterated the need to lift the unjust coercive measures imposed on Syria and to end any illegal foreign presence on its territory, affirming support for the political settlement efforts to solve the crisis in the country.
“Syria still suffers from foreign occupation, unilateral coercive measures and terrorism,” Geng said in a speech during a session of the UN Security Council on Wednesday.
He underlined the need to immediately lift the coercive measures imposed on Syria as they contradict the efforts of the international community to resolve the crisis in it.
Geng expressed his country’s support for Syria in the fight against terrorism, calling on the Security Council to take a clear stance on terrorism in Syria and to reject the policy of double standards in this regard.
Regarding the humanitarian situation, the Chinese Diplomat called on the international community to pay great attention to this issue and help the Syrian people face the multiple challenges, stressing that the unilateral coercive measures have exacerbated the economic and humanitarian conditions in Syria.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)