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Thursday, November 5, 2015
Egypt president defends airport security
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says British experts looked at security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport 10 months ago and were “happy” with what they found.
El-Sissi says British teams conducted the checks at London’s request. But he says Egypt is “completely ready to cooperate with all of our friends” on ensuring the safety of foreign tourists.
The UK grounded all flights to and from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Wednesday, saying information suggested a Russian airliner that crashed Saturday may have been downed by a bomb.
Britain’s action was condemned as premature by Egyptian officials, and overshadowed el-Sissi’s official visit to London.
Speaking after a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in 10 Downing St., el-Sissi said the two countries were “working intensively together in a spirit of close co-operation … to address this and get back to normal as soon as possible.”
— AP
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