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Russia FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war

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CAIRO (AP) — Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egyptian officers as his nation seeks to interrupt diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the West over its invasion of Ukraine.

Lavrov landed in Cairo late Saturday, the primary leg of his Africa journey that will even embody stops in Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in keeping with Russia’s state-run RT.

The Egyptian Overseas Ministry stated Overseas Minister Sameh Shukry was holding talks with Lavrov Sunday morning.

The Russian chief diplomat was scheduled to fulfill later Sunday with the Arab League Secretary Normal Ahmed Aboul Gheit. He will even deal with the everlasting representatives of the pan-Arab group, RT reported.

Russia’s battle in Ukraine has had dire results on the world financial system, driving up oil and gasoline costs to unprecedented ranges.

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Ukraine is among the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, however Russia’s invasion of the nation and naval blockade of its ports have halted shipments. Some Ukrainian grain is transported by means of Europe by rail, highway and river, however with increased transportation prices.

The battle has disrupted shipments of Russian merchandise as a result of delivery and insurance coverage firms didn’t wish to take care of Western sanctions on the nation.

African counties are amongst these most affected by ripples of the battle. The costs of significant commodities skyrocketed and billions of {dollars} in assist have been directed to assist those that fled the battle in Europe. That has left thousands and thousands of individuals in battle areas in Africa and the Center East affected by worsening rising shortages in meals and different help.

In an article posted on the Russian Overseas Ministry web site, Lavrov rejected the West accusations that Russia is accountable for the worldwide meals disaster, as “one other try and shift the blame to others.”

Searching for to rally African nations on his nation’s facet, he hailed what he known as “an impartial path” such nations took after they avoided becoming a member of the West in sanctioning Russia.

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“We all know that the African colleagues doesn’t approve of the undisguised makes an attempt of the U.S. and their European satellites to realize the higher hand, and to impose a unipolar world order to the worldwide group,” he wrote within the article, which additionally was revealed in 4 African newspapers.

Lavrov’s conferences with Egyptian officers and Arab envoys in Cairo come lower than two weeks after U.S. President Joe Biden’s Mideast journey. Biden met with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, earlier than convening a summit with the leaders of Arab Gulf nations, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq in Saudi Arabia.

Egypt, the Arab World’s most populous nation, refused to take sides because the battle in Ukraine started in February because it maintains shut ties with each Moscow and the West. Egypt is among the many world’s largest importers of wheat, with a lot of that from Russia and Ukraine.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has cultivated an in depth private rapport with Russia President Vladimir Putin. Each leaders have strengthened bilateral ties significantly previously few years.

Lavrov’s go to to Cairo got here as Russia’s state-owned atomic vitality company, Rosatom, started final week the development of a four-reactor energy plant it’s constructing in Egypt.

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Asian stocks edged up on Tuesday, though moves were subdued in a holiday-curtailed week, while the greenback held near a two-year high helped by elevated U.S. Treasury yields as investors prepared for fewer Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025.
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US military carries out airstrike in Syria, killing 2 ISIS operatives

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The U.S. military conducted an airstrike on Monday in Syria, where they killed a pair of ISIS operatives and destroyed a truckload of weapons, according to U.S. Central Command.

A precision airstrike in the Dayr az Zawr Province, which was formerly controlled by the Syrian regime and Russians, killed two ISIS operatives and wounded another, CENTCOM said.

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The U.S. military conducted an airstrike on Monday in Syria, where they killed a pair of ISIS operatives and destroyed a truckload of weapons. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

The operatives were driving a truckload of weapons, which was destroyed, when they were targeted in the strike.

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CENTCOM forces conducted a precision airstrike in the Dayr az Zawr Province in Syria. (AP Photo)

“This airstrike is part of CENTCOM’s ongoing commitment, along with partners in the region, to disrupt and degrade efforts by terrorists to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against civilians and military personnel from the U.S., our allies, and our partners throughout the region and beyond,” CENTCOM said in a statement.

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Ciolacu's new government sworn in, tasked with bringing stability

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Ciolacu's new government sworn in, tasked with bringing stability

Romania’s new government headed by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu of the leftist Social Democratic Party took the oath on Monday. The new pro-Europe government has been tasked with providing stability and maintaining the country’s pro-European trajectory.

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Ciolacu’s new government received 240 votes in favour, seven more than the required 233 votes for motions to pass.

Eight ministries will be under the Social Democratic Party’s (PSD) control, six will be overseen by the National Liberal Party (PNL) while the remaining two cabinet posts will be taken up by the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania.

Romania’s new cabinet members took the oath on Monday before incumbent President Klaus Iohannis.

Iohannis said he spoke with all the new cabinet members, wishing them success and urged them to work in unity for the people of Romania.

Iohannis also said all the ministers he had spoken with had expressed interest in the continuation of Romania’s pro-European trajectory.

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On 1 December, Ciolacu’s PSD secured approximately 22% of the votes in an election cycle clouded with controversy.

The parliamentary race came sandwiched between the first and second round of the country’s presidential race, which saw the right-wing make considerable gains in Romania’s political landscape.

Far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians finished in second in the parliamentary race, winning just over 18% of the votes.

Iohannis’ decision to nominate Ciolacu to form a government is widely seen by critics as a tactical push to shut out the far-right.

The country has been thrown into political instability since and Ciolacu understands the task ahead, will be difficult.

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“It will not be an easy mandate for the future government,” Ciolacu said in a statement Monday. “We are aware that we are in the midst of a deep political crisis. It is also a crisis of trust, and this coalition aims to regain the trust of citizens, the trust of the people.”

The parliamentary election came on the heels of a presidential vote in which the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu won the first round, in which Ciolacu came third. Georgescu’s surprise success plunged Romania into turmoil as allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference emerged.

Days before the 8 December presidential runoff, Romania’s Constitutional Court made the unprecedented move to annul the presidential race.

President Iohannis, who announced he would stay in his post until a successor is elected, hopes the new government can end a protracted political crisis in the European Union and NATO country.

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