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Minister secures release of 113 Egyptian prisoners in SA
JEDDAH: Saudi authorities have agreed to release 113 Egyptian inmates in Saudi prisons, according to Egyptian Foreign Minister Muhammad Al-Orabi.Al-Orabi was addressing a press conference at the Egyptian Consulate in Jeddah on Sunday. Earlier Al-Orabi met with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal and discussed the issue of prisoners. Prince Saud Al-Faisal has agreed to solve the issue of Egyptian prisoners and other problems faced by the Egyptian community in the Kingdom, Al-Orabi said in his statement. Al-Orabi said that he discussed the issue of reopening of the Egyptian school, which was closed following a decision of the Arab League 15 years ago that no Arab country should open a school in another Arab country. The Egyptian community is facing a lot of difficulties in educating their children in the absence of a school of their own. Other issues the two leaders discussed was the difficulties faced by Saudi investors and residents in Egypt and clearing the ground for the return of Saudi investments back into Egypt. About the modalities of Egyptian expatriates in the Kingdom participating in the Egyptian elections, the minister told Arab News that no final decision has been taken on the matter yet. He added that the consul general told him that the consulate could not accommodate more than 300,000 Egyptian voters in the Makkah province alone. He said if each voter took two minutes to cast his vote, the voting process would take months to complete. However, the issue is being discussed and a solution would be found soon so that all the citizens outside the country could participate in the elections, he said. He said Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, during his visit to the Gulf countries, would discuss all pending issues such as the normalization of relations between Egypt and Iran, and return of the wealth of people accused of corruption. He said relations with Iran would not be established in a way that could be detrimental to Egypts relations with the Gulf countries. Posted by: Steve White 2011-07-04 |
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