Foreign intelligence not shared with Egypt on Russian plane crash (FM)

Egypt's foreign minister said on Saturday foreign intelligence on the reasons of the Russian airliner crash over Sinai has not been shared with Egypt.

"The information we have heard about the causes of the crash has not been shared with Egyptian security agencies in detail," Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said.

"We understand the worries of some countries ... We were expecting that the technical information would be provided to us," Shukri added at a joint press conference.

Shukri also stressed that the Egyptian government has responded in cooperation and coordination amid similar international criteria on plane crash accidents.

As investigation is still underway, Russia on Friday suspended all flights to Egypt as speculation rose over possible terrorist attacks on the Russian plane that crashed over Sinai Peninsula last Saturday.

The suspension has left some 79,000 Russians currently in Egypt, mainly in the resorts of Hurghada and Sharm al-Sheikh, according to Russia's state tourism agency Rostourism on Saturday.

Meanwhile, British planes have landed in Cyprus in readiness to start evacuation of some 20,000 British tourists stranded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Cypriot authorities said on Friday.
 Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
7/11/15
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