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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed tensions in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa with EU foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas by phone. They called for continued coordination to reduce escalation.
Badr Abdelatty met Fatah Central Committee Secretary-General Jibril Rajoub to discuss developments in the Palestinian territories. Egypt’s account stressed unimpeded humanitarian aid into Gaza and early recovery.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi travelled to South Korea on October 6 at the start of an Asian tour. The programme includes talks with President Lee Jae Myung and a roundtable with company representatives.
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan that Egypt supports the Kingdom’s security. Their call also covered Red Sea navigation and the situation in Sudan.
Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said an Iranian official expressed readiness to cooperate on rail, mining and electricity generation.
The foreign ministers’ meeting in Moscow covered economic and trade cooperation, transit and political consultations.
Police detained six people at a site in Pará and seized two excavators; suspected forced-labor conditions remain under investigation.
A Justice Ministry report on October 5 said monitoring covered all 27 federal units, with 190 arrests in flagrante delicto and 203 incident records.
The project combines a new treatment plant, upgrades to an existing facility and distribution-network reinforcement, with World Bank investment estimated at about $164 million.
EGAS and Chevron signed a natural-gas and crude-oil exploration deal for the offshore Lotus area in the Mediterranean. The ministry set minimum investment at $88 million.
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry condemned the resumption of excavation and military construction in the Quneitra countryside as a violation of Syrian sovereignty. The statement also cited Israeli incursions elsewhere in southern Syria.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has offered free basic English and German courses for workers in tourism and antiquities. Registration is available through the ministry’s Egypt Tourism and Antiquities Training Platform, EgTAP.
