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Sunday, 26 February 2023

Egypt backs Russia withdrawal from Ukraine in UN vote

Egypt votes with Ukraine at UN General Assembly: Egypt joined calls for Russia to pull its troops out of Ukraine in a UN vote on Thursday. The country was one of 141 to vote in favor of a resolution (pdf) that called for a “just and lasting peace” and for Moscow to “completely and unconditionally withdraw” from Ukrainian territory. Thirty-two abstained from the vote — including China and India — while seven voted against the resolution. Egypt backed a similar resolution last year voted on at the General Assembly the week after Russia invaded.

El Sisi, Zelensky talk ahead of the vote: Egypt supports all efforts aimed at bringing the war in Ukraine to end, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi told Ukrainian leader Volodymr Zelensky during a phone call on Thursday, according to an Ittihadiya statement. El Sisi also emphasized the need to keep the UN-backed Black Sea grain pact in place to protect global food security.

ALSO- Madbouly + EBRD talk privatization, climate policy: The government’s privatization plans and the Nexus on Water, Food and Energy (NWFE) program were the main topics of discussion between Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly and a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) who were in Cairo on Thursday, according to a cabinet statement.

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