Senior British Government delegation visits Cairo for discussions on a Joint Plan to restart flights to Sharm el-Sheikh

The delegation was headed by the Prime Minister’s Envoy on Aviation Security, Sir William Patey. The delegations’ meetings included discussion with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou, Dr Fayza Aboul Nagga National Security Adviser to the President, General Ahmed Gamal el-Din Adviser on Security and Counter-Terrorism Affairs, Dr El Zenaty, Head of the Civil Aviation Authority, and other security agencies.The British delegation conveyed a political message from Prime Minister David Cameron that the United Kingdom would work actively, urgently and in detail with the Egyptian authorities, to allow normal flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh as soon as possible.