Russia coordinates with Egypt evacuation of tourists, security issues - (deputy PM)

Russia has been coordinating with Egypt two issues: the first is how the Emergencies Ministry and aviation carriers are delivering tourists and their luggage.

"We receive full support from the Egyptian counterparts," Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told reporters after the government's meeting on suspended flights to Egypt.

"The second issue is the work on further security; our experts are flying to Egypt," he said. "They will be working with the Egyptian counterparts; this agreement has been reached already, and then it will take some time, like it was said yesterday, from several days to several weeks to settle all respective issues. I hope with goodwill from the parties mutual understanding will be found."

The deputy prime minister said Egypt’s military are controlling check-in procedures at the airports.

"The Egyptian friends have undertaken first steps, the military control all procedures of registration for flights, they are at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, at other airports and they are minimising the lack of control, which, as tourists say, earlier was seen at some airports; we can see the goodwill of our friends, colleagues to exclude life or security threats," he said.

"The luggage transportation will be made by planes of the Emergencies Ministry and other planes, and the delivery from Moscow the aviation companies, the passengers took," he said.

"The security measures at Moscow airports have been improved for quite a time now, and they are sufficient," the deputy prime minister said....
  [tass.ru]
7/11/15
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