During their visit to Cairo on Sunday, a delegation of members of the British House of Commons and the House of Lords affirmed they would recommend the resumption of British flights to Sharm el-Sheikh upon their return to the U.K., the Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman said. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received the joint delegation, comprised of representatives of the UK Conservative Party, during their visit to Cairo, which comes after the inauguration of the Egyptian parliament. The Egyptian parliament convened for the first time on Jan. 10 for its procedural session. This marks the third and final pillar of the political transition road-map. The British delegation further asserted its determination to strengthen relations with the people and government of Egypt, according to the foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abo Zeid. Abo Zeid added that the delegation acknowledges the significance of the tourist sector to the Egyptian economy, and seeks to overcome the difficulties that may have affected Egyptian-British relations recently. The downing of a Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula late October had caused wide scale ramifications on an international scale, leading to several countries cutting off air flights to Sharm…
British Parliamentary Delegation Recommends Resumption of Flights to Sharm El-Sheikh
January 17, 2016
