All safety barriers blocking roads and walkways around foreign embassies in Egypt are set to be removed after two decades, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on the sidelines of the Maspero Cultural Salon at the National Media Authority, Ahram Online reports. It is not clear when the removal of the restrictions will take effect. The removal will reopen several public streets to pedestrians and vehicles. This comes in the aftermath of tensions with the British mission in Egypt late last month, in which barriers around the embassy were removed and the embassy subsequently halted its operations for a number of days. The removal of the security barriers followed increasing pressure from Egyptian public figures and political groups to end what they described as special treatment of the British mission. Prominent television host Ahmed Mousa last week urged authorities to remove the barriers, writing on X that “enough with granting the British embassy in Cairo special privileges by closing the surrounding streets.” The National Front Party also called for the privileges to be revoked. The party demanded that the British embassy be treated in line with other diplomatic missions operating…
