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Egyptian foreign minister meets his Djiboutian counterpart

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met his Djiboutian counterpart, Abdoulkader Hussein Omar, to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and regional developments. The meeting was held on 17 October in Baghdad, on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Hapijournal reports.

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