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Egypt's Sisi, for first time, says Russian plane was brought down by terrorists
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Feb 24, 2016 8:50am EST
Egypt's Sisi, for first time, says Russian plane was brought down by terrorists
CAIRO
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists seeking to damage Egypt's tourism industry and relations with Moscow.
"Has terrorism ended, no it has not but it will if we unite. Whoever downed the Russian plane, what did he mean? He meant to hit tourism, and to hit relations with Russia," Sisi said in a televised speech.
The comments were the first official Egyptian indication that the plane was deliberately downed.
Moscow stopped all civilian flights to Egypt, a popular destination for Russian tourists, after a Russian airplane crashed in Sinai on Oct. 31 killing all 224 people on board.
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Egypt's Sisi, for first time, says Russian plane was brought down by terrorists
CAIRO
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists seeking to damage Egypt's tourism industry and relations with Moscow.
"Has terrorism ended, no it has not but it will if we unite. Whoever downed the Russian plane, what did he mean? He meant to hit tourism, and to hit relations with Russia," Sisi said in a televised speech.
The comments were the first official Egyptian indication that the plane was deliberately downed.
Moscow stopped all civilian flights to Egypt, a popular destination for Russian tourists, after a Russian airplane crashed in Sinai on Oct. 31 killing all 224 people on board.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-crash-sisi-idUSKCN0VX1N1
