Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council, upper house of parliament Valentina Matviyenko asserted her country’s readiness to resume flights to Egypt, Egypt’s Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal was quoted by state news agency MENA on Thursday.
The remarks come during a meeting between the two officials that was held in Geneva Thursday on the sidelines of the 135th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU,) concluded today.
The two officials discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two parliaments and countries.
Moscow suspended flights to Egypt and imposed a travel ban on EgyptAir flights to Russia after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Central Sinai Oct. 31, 2015, claiming the lives of all 224 passengers on board.
