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| Egypt: Two diplomats without visas expelled |
| 2009-04-17 |
| [ADN Kronos] Egypt has expelled two western diplomats who arrived at Cairo's international airport without a valid entry visa. According to the Arab television network, Al-Jazeera, the diplomats, an American and a German who are both working in Africa, were refused entry on Tuesday. It is the first time that Egypt has applied to western diplomats the same treatment received by Egyptian diplomats in the US and Europe. The US diplomat reportedly arrived in Cairo from Ghana, while the German had come from Sudan. Airport officials took steps to send the diplomats back to the countries from where they had travelled. In the past few weeks, the Egyptian foreign ministry has complained several times to western embassies in Cairo, the country's capital, about the treatment received by their diplomats abroad. Following a meeting between ministry and airport officials this week, Egyptian authorities decided to enforce the new requirement that diplomats hold a valid entry visa, as well as a diplomatic passport. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Quid pro quo, Clarice. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-04-17 00:26 |