Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with US President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday for a meeting that highlighted the two countries’ shared interests “in a stable, secure, and prosperous Pakistan and region,” according to a joint statement released by the White House.

Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi said that Egypt gives high priority to reinforcing the relations with Nile Basin countries. In statements on the sidelines of his current visit to Burundi on Tuesday 22/10/2013, Fahmi said “No party could solve its own problems at the expense of another, no Nile Basin country

The Turkish and Iraqi governments are currently bidding to improve bilateral ties with a series of high-level visits. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari is expected to arrive inAnkara on Oct. 25 to conduct a series of meetings with Turkish officials, including his Turkish counterpart