Moscow says no more security checks for Cairo International Airport: Minister

Ahram Online , Wednesday 6 Sep 2017

The statement by Russia's transport minister come one day after President El-Sisi met President Putin to discuss various issue, including the resumption of tourist flights from Russia

Cairo airport
File Photo: Cairo international airport (Photo: Reuters)

Moscow sees no need to conduct additional security checks in Egypt’s main Cairo International Airport, Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov said in press statements Tuesday.

“At present, we do not see any need to carry out any additional checks," Sokolov said, according to press statements to Russian news agency TASS.

He added that a report on security procedures undertaken by Egyptian officials in Egypt’s main airport were sent to the Russian government.

“This depends on the government’s decision," Sokolov stressed, when asked about the possibility of a near resumption of flights between the two countries, suspended since 2015.

The statements by the Russian minister come one day after Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, where they discussed several bilateral issues, as well as the resumption of Russian passenger flights to Egypt.

Flights were suspended due to security concerns since a Russian airliner crashed over Sinai in October 2015, which Russia says was the result of a terrorist bomb claimed by Daesh. Egypt has since been implementing more rigorous security measures at all its airports.

The Russian president said that his country wants to resume tourist flights to Egypt. Russian security experts have carried out a series of inspections at Egyptian airports over the past year, seeking to ensure the new measures meet Russian standards. 

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