Russian security team begins safety inspections at Hurghada and Sharm airports

A team of Russian security experts have begun safety inspections at Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh airports, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency told Sputnik. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed resuming direct Russian flights to Red Sea destinations with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during his visit earlier this month. The return of the flights, still banned since the downing of a Russian passenger jet in 2015, has been in limbo for a while due to Russia’s reluctance to agree to a deadline.