Cairo, Doha Discuss Joint Relations, Regional Issues

Egyptian Ambassador to Qatar, Amr Sherbini meets with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al Muraikhi in Doha. (Sherbini’s twitter account)
Egyptian Ambassador to Qatar, Amr Sherbini meets with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al Muraikhi in Doha. (Sherbini’s twitter account)
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Cairo, Doha Discuss Joint Relations, Regional Issues

Egyptian Ambassador to Qatar, Amr Sherbini meets with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al Muraikhi in Doha. (Sherbini’s twitter account)
Egyptian Ambassador to Qatar, Amr Sherbini meets with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al Muraikhi in Doha. (Sherbini’s twitter account)

Cairo and Doha held talks on bilateral relation and regional issues as part of efforts to bolster Egyptian-Qatari ties.

Egyptian Ambassador to Qatar, Amr Sherbini met on Sunday with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Soltan bin Saad Al Muraikhi.

They tackled means to bolster bilateral ties, as well as regional and international issues of common interest.

An Egyptian foreign ministry statement said Al Muraikhi welcomed Sherbini’s appointment as Egypt’s new ambassador to Doha.

He hailed the ongoing development of relations between their countries after they mended ties following a diplomatic and economic rift that lasted four years.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain mended ties with Qatar earlier this year by signing the AlUla Declaration.

Since then, Egyptian and Qatari foreign ministers have exchanged visits and Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi held bilateral talks with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Baghdad in August.

The Egyptian foreign ministry highlighted the rapprochement with Qatar, hoping cooperation can be further bolstered in the future.



Syria’s Sharaa Says New Authorities Can't Satisfy Everyone

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech in Damascus on March 29, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech in Damascus on March 29, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
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Syria’s Sharaa Says New Authorities Can't Satisfy Everyone

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech in Damascus on March 29, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech in Damascus on March 29, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Monday a new transitional government would aim for consensus in rebuilding the war-torn country but acknowledged it would be unable to satisfy everyone.

The transitional 23-member cabinet -- without a prime minister -- was announced Saturday, more than three months after Sharaa's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led an offensive that toppled longtime president Bashar al-Assad.

The autonomous Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria has rejected the government's legitimacy, saying it "does not reflect the country's diversity".

Sharaa said the new government's goal was rebuilding the country but warned that "will not be able to satisfy everyone".

"Any steps we take will not reach consensus -- this is normal -- but we must reach a consensus" as much as possible, he told a gathering at the presidential palace broadcast on Syrian television after prayers for the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday.

Authorities are seeking to reunite and rebuild the country and its institutions after nearly 14 years of civil war.

Sharaa said the ministers were chosen for their competence and expertise, "without particular ideological or political orientations".