Invitation

Yemen’s Al-Alimi thanks Egypt for invitation to GEM opening

CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) – Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council President Rashad Mohammed al-Alimi on Friday expressed appreciation to Egypt for inviting him to attend the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), scheduled for Saturday. In remarks carried by Yemen’s state-run Saba news agency, Al-Alimi said the landmark global event underscores Egypt’s cultural and …

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Egypt Independent November 1, 2025

Dutch King Willem-Alexander receives special invitation to Grand Egyptian Museum

Photos online went viral on social media showing Ambassador Christopher Juncker, the Director of the King’s Office of the Netherlands, receiving Egyptian Ambassador Emad Hanna, who delivered an invitation from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to participate in the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). The king received …

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Egypt Independent October 19, 2025

Israel’s invitation to this year’s atomic bomb commemorations in Japan has sparked a controversy over double standards

Tokyo CNN — Hiroshima, the Japanese city devastated by a US atomic bomb in 1945, is at the center of a growing controversy after local officials dismissed calls to disinvite Israel from its annual ceremony promoting world peace as war rages in Gaza. Every year on August 6, Hiroshima gathers foreign officials, along with locals, …

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Egypt Independent July 20, 2024

Gaza War: Netanyahu accepts invitation to address Congress a fourth time

Gaza War: Netanyahu accepts invitation to address Congress a fourth time Majority and minority leaders jointly extended the invitation to

Middle East Eye June 3, 2024

Biden campaign refuses invitation to address US Muslim voter advocacy groups

Biden campaign refuses invitation to address US Muslim voter advocacy groups Muslim voters say the campaign’s refusal to engage ‘reveals

Middle East Eye April 28, 2024

Biden takes a political risk with his invitation to Israeli officials

Washington CNN — When President Joe Biden asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to dispatch a team of top Israeli officials to Washington, his hope was to preempt a large-scale ground invasion of Rafah, which the Biden administration believes would amount to a humanitarian catastrophe. Whether the meeting, now likely to occur early next week, can accomplish that …

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Egypt Independent March 21, 2024