US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed a range of issues with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, including partnership and human rights, the State Department said Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reported.

A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry lamented that while Egypt had hoped for the success of the African Union in managing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dilemma, negotiations have to achieve anything tangible and did not produce the desired results.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has recently accused Ethiopia of obstructing negotiations to reach a binding agreement on the giant hydroelectric dam being built by Addis Ababa on the Blue Nile.

Egypt warned Ethiopia against prolonging the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), saying it should not continue to build the dam without reaching an agreement that addresses its fears regarding its share of the Nile River.

An Egyptian MP has asked the foreign minister to intervene and call for the release of insurrectionists detained following the attack on Capitol Hill in the US, reports AlMasry AlYoum.

Israel has called on the UN to censure a former Egyptian ambassador to the United Nations and prevent him from conducting training sessions at the global body, Israeli media sources reported on Sunday evening.

Egypt’s foreign minister has said that no country has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of his country besides Egyptians themselves.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry signed Jan. 5 a reconciliation agreement with Qatar during a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in the Saudi city of al-Ula.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi spoke with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry yesterday over the phone. The call came at the request of the latter, who also spoke on the phone yesterday with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki.

Progress in the talks between Egypt and the Gulf States that boycotted Qatar do not mean full reconciliation, the New Khaleej reported Egyptian media saying yesterday.