Sisi's controversial talk over with
Quote President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's visit to London has been mired in controversy from the get-go. The invitation was announced a day after Egypt's former leader, Mohamed Morsi, was sentenced to dying, and the visit now takes place towards a worrying backdrop.
But regardless of the issues, Egypt is visible as too predominant an ally for Downing street to publicly rock the boat any further, and there have been few signs of the strains of the weekend in today's press convention. As anticipated, team spirit and security were the buzzwords of the day.
Cameron's promise to submit a overview on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood comes as anything of a curveball. Commissioned beneath diplomatic stress from allies within the Gulf, it was once understood to were shelved for political causes. Reviving the thought will likely be obvious as a sop to Sisi.
Downing avenue will probably be relieved that their guest did not face any tough questions about his government's human rights document. Seeing that Morsi's overthrow in the summer of 2013, Egypt's security forces have overseen the deadliest bloodbath in the nation's modern history, as well as an extraordinary crackdown on political freedoms and freedoms of expression.
Sharm airport checks by way of British weren't satisfactory
Britain instructed Egypt to enhance security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport 10 months in the past, the Egyptian President has mentioned.
President Sisi instructed a press conference in London that British security officers were "joyful" with the action that Egyptian authorities had taken.
In Egypt, however, airport employees prompt that no longer sufficient had been performed. One employees member informed The Guardian: “The system was the obstacle.
"The British complained then that they weren’t checking persons ample. We should have carried out more. The protection would had been expanded via putting one more scanner external and updating the others.”
