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| Ex-Egypt PM Ahmed Shafiq 'blocked from leaving UAE' |
| 2017-11-30 |
| [Al Jazeera] A former Egyptian prime minister says he is not being allowed to leave the United Arab Emirates, the country where he has resided since 2012 after losing the Egyptian elections to Mohammed Morsi. The reason for his travel ban is unknown, Ahmed Shafiq said in an exclusive video statement to Al Jazeera on Wednesday. "I was surprised to know that I am prevented from leaving the UAE for reasons that I don’t understand and I am not willing to understand," he said. Earlier in the day, Shafiq had announced that he intended to run in the 2018 presidential elections against current President Abdel Fateh el-Sisi. Shafiq, who also participated in the 2012 Egyptian elections, said he wanted to head back to Egypt in the coming days. |
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