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RIYADH: Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir on Tuesday met with Columbian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez in the capital, Bogota, during his official visit to the South American country. The two sides reviewed bilateral relations and ways to enhance them to more comprehensive levels, and exchanged views on a number of regional and
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BAMAKO (Reuters) -A Colombian nun who was kidnapped in 2017 by Islamist militants in Mali has been freed, Mali s presidency said on Saturday. Gloria Cecilia Narvaez was kidnapped by the Macina Liberation Front, an al Qaeda-linked group, in February 2017 near the border with Burkina Faso. The presidency of Mali salutes the courage and bravery of the nun. This liberation is the crowning achievement of four years and eight months of combined efforts by several intelligence services, Mali s presidency said in a statement. Photos posted on its Twitter feed showed Narvaez, smiling and dressed in a yellow robe and headscarf, meeting with Mali s interim President Assimi Goita. I thank the Malian authorities, the president and all the authorities for all the efforts they made for me to be free, she said in comments broadcast on state television. Narvaez s freedom followed petitions for help from France, said Colombia s Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez. We are enormously h