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France Not Planning to Evacuate Citizens From Sinai Peninsula
France Not Planning to Evacuate Citizens From Sinai Peninsula
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On Wednesday, the UK government concluded that the Russian A321 passenger plane, en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, might have crashed on October... 05.11.2015, Sputnik International
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France Not Planning to Evacuate Citizens From Sinai Peninsula
12:29 GMT 05.11.2015 (Updated: 12:59 GMT 05.11.2015) On Wednesday, the UK government concluded that the Russian A321 passenger plane, en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, might have crashed on October 31 due to a bomb explosion, and suspended all flights to and from the Egyptian city until additional security measures were taken.
PARIS (Sputnik) — France is not planning to evacuate its citizens from the Sinai peninsula in Egypt, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said Thursday.
"According to our information, there is a very limited number of French citizens on the Sinai peninsula. French tour operators have no tourist groups in this area," Nadal told reporters.
5 November 2015, 10:20 GMT
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has already criticized London's decision to suspend air traffic, labeling the move premature.
On October 31, an Airbus A321 operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. All 224 people on board were killed in what has become the largest civil aviation disaster in Russian and Soviet history.
Several major international airlines, including Air France, Flydubai, Lufthansa, Air Arabia and Emirates, announced the decision to suspend their flights over the Sinai Peninsula following the disaster.
