The United States Embassy in Cairo’s Chargé d’Affaires, Thomas H. Goldberger, made a statement Monday saying that the travel alert issued by the US State Department warning potential visitors about traveling to Egypt was ‘inaccurate’ and released without the regard of Egyptian authorities. Anger in Parliament According to an official statement, Goldberger’s declarations occurred during a conference with members of the Egyptian Parliament in Cairo on Monday. Throughout the meeting, multiple MPs communicated their anger with, and rejection of, the travel warning, claiming that it consisted of content meant to discourage US citizens from traveling to Egypt, and deter tourism. The MPs also voiced their objection to particular terms used in the alert, such as the phrase ‘violent political opposition groups’. They insist that the State Department must ensure that the terminology is clarified, and ‘opposition’ be differentiated from ‘terrorism’. They also highlighted the possible damaging outcomes that such an advisory may have on tourism in Egypt, the nation’s potential investment prospects, as well as the slander of Egypt’s reputation internationally, explained the Parliament’s media group. US Embassy Responds Goldberger himself questioned the use of certain expressions within the travel warning,…
US Head of Affairs: Recent Travel Alert Warning Tourists Against Visiting Egypt is “Inaccurate”
August 10, 2017
