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Cypriot President confirms readiness to resume talks on Cyprus settlement
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades received the UN Secretary General's special envoy on the Cyprus dispute, Jane Holl Lute, at the presidential palace on Tuesday evening and informed her of the Greek Cypriot readiness to attend an informal confer
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WHO special envoy warns of danger of 3rd wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Euro
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 22 (ANI/Sputnik): David Nabarro, a special envoy of the World Health Organization (WHO), in an interview with the Swiss Badener Tagblatt newspaper on Sunday warned of the danger of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe in early 2021.
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Trumps names Robert C O'Brien as Special Envoy to US-ASEAN Summit, East As
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) named Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Robert C O'Brien as his Special Envoy to United States-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and East Asia Summit.
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Syrian foreign minister, UN envoy discuss resumption of Constitution talks
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem held a meeting on Sunday with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen to discuss the resumption of the Syrian Constitutional Committee's small group talks in Geneva, a diplomatic source told Sputnik.
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Khalilzad meets Ghani in Qatar, says violence 'too high', many 'Afghans dy
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], October 6 (ANI): Asserting that violence in Afghanistan is "too high" despite the ongoing Afghan peace talks, United States special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday said Washington is pressing for a significant reduction in violence that will lead to a permanent and comprehens
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Zalmay Khalilzad urges Afghan leaders to take advantage of opportunity ava
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday (local time) urged the Afghan leaders to take advantage of the opportunity for a political settlement now available to them, for the ongoing peace process in Kabul.
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UNSC adopts draft resolution to appoint Libya Special Envoy without delay
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday (local time) adopted a resolution requesting to urgently appoint a new Special Envoy for Libya and establish a coordinator who would be supervising the UN Support Mission in Libya's (UNSMIL) day-to-d
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Afghan Presidential envoy for economic development dies from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): Special envoy to the Afghan president on economic development and poverty reduction, Yosuf Ghazanfar, has died from COVID-19, a presidential adviser told Sputnik on Saturday.
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US special envoy Khalilzad travels to Pak to forge remaining commitments o
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 28 (ANI): United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad departed for Doha, Islamabad and Tashkent on Sunday to garner support to meet the remaining commitments ahead of intra-Afghan negotiations, specifically reduced violence a
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Afghan President agreed to hold talks with Taliban: Qatar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 12 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to hold a round of negotiations with the Taliban in Qatari capital of Doha, said Qatari Foreign Ministry Special Envoy Mutlaq Al-Qahtani.
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Khalilzad reaches Kabul to press Afghan govt, Taliban to begin peace talks
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20 (ANI): United States special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Wednesday reached Afghanistan, days after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the new Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, signed a power-sharing deal.
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'India has its own perspective on Afghanistan'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): In the backdrop of US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad's remarks that India should directly talk to Taliban, sources on Thursday said New Delhi has its own perspective on Kabul and its Afghan policy will be guided by its traditional relationship with the countr
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