Putin, Sissi agree on tight security cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday agree to “close cooperation” between their security services after Moscow says a bomb brought down its passenger jet over Sinai.

“In the context of the efforts to find the criminals involved in the terrorist act against the Russian airliner, close cooperation was agreed on between the security services of Russia and Egypt,” the Kremlin says in a statement after the leaders spoke by phone, adding that the intention was “to realize additional measures to assure the maximum security of air traffic” between the two countries.

AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin (front), accompanied by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, meets with top military officials at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation in Moscow on November 17, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI NIKOLSKY)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (front), accompanied by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, meets with top military officials at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation in Moscow on November 17, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI NIKOLSKY)

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