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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus V.Makei meets the Minister of Trade and Industry of Egypt:
On May 25, 2017 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Vladimir Makei, met with the Minister of Trade and Industry of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Co-Chair of the Belarussian-Egypt Joint Trade Commission, Tarek Kabil, who is visiting Minsk to participate in the session of the Commission.
During the meeting, the parties stressed the importance of maintaining high dynamic of bilateral cooperation and the necessity of implementing joint projects in industry, agriculture, woodworking and furniture production, transport, logistics and other spheres.
The sides noted that the present visit of the Minister of Trade and Industry of Egypt to hold the session of the Commission is another step in implementing agreements reached during the visit of the President of the Republic of Belarus to Egypt in January 2017.
Distributed by APO on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
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Australian High Commission organizes Indigenous textiles fashion show:
In celebration of its National Reconciliation Week, the Australian High Commission in Ghana has announced a fashion extravaganza for stakeholders fashion industry.
The event dubbed “Indigenous Textiles Fashion Show” will come off on June 3, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra.
The event will be organised in partnership with the Board of Fashion Ghana as well as Vickie Remoe and Company.
Scheduled to commence at 4 pm, special guests confirmed to attend the event will include Australian Indigenous designer, Arkie Barton, Australian Aboriginal fashion label Magpie Goose, and final year fashion design students of the Radford University College.
The students include Steve French, Sama Fletcher, Samuel Otteng and Alexandra Tomiyama.
The event will present a range of unique Australian and Ghanaian textiles and designs which express the creative wealth, versatility, and beauty of the indigenous cultures of Australia and Ghana in addition to telling the stories of the designers’ people.
‘Indigenous Textiles’ Fashion Show is supported by Emirates Airlines and La Villa Boutique Ghana.
Distributed by APO on behalf of Australian High Commission in Ghana.
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Audu Ayinla Kadiri, the new Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Kadiri had been serving as Head of the Political Section at the Nigeria High Commission in London since March 2016. He was the Director of the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 2015 to March 2016, and Acting Director and then Director of the Policy Planning Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to November 2015. He served as a Counsellor-Senior Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1998 to 2000.
Mr. Kadiri joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria in December 1983. He has held a number of posts during his career, including as Counsellor at the International Organizations Directorate from 1994 to 1995, and Second Secretary at the Nigerian Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) from August 1990 to July 1992.
Mr. Kadiri has a Master of Arts in international law and diplomacy from the University of Jos in Nigeria (1992) and a Bachelor of Science in political science from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He also has a professional certificate in diplomacy from the Nigerian Foreign Service Academy (1986) and a certificate in diplomatic studies from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom (1994). He was born in Ilorin, Nigeria on 2 February 1959. He is married with four children.
Distributed by APO on behalf of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
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