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Egyptian authorities express readiness to release Yemeni fishermen

[21/03/2017 10:01]

Cairo (Saba) – Egyptian authorities have expressed readiness to release Yemeni fishermen who were held because they mistakenly entered the Egyptian territorial water.

This came during a meeting held on Tuesday between Yemen Ambassador to Egypt Mohammed Marim and Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister Ayman Abdul-Fatah.

The Yemeni ambassadors demanded to swiftly release the fishermen, particularly as the Yemeni authorities previously released Egyptian fishermen in similar cases .

The two officials also discussed bilateral relations, how to enhance them and facilitate the procedures of visiting Yemenis to Egypt.