30 June 2016, 11:36 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — "Russian tourists will be able to travel to Egypt, as we hope, in the foreseeable future…The work is underway….It is clear for the sides what needs to be done. We do not have fundamental contradictions [on the issue]," he told journalists.
Kirpichenko added that the resumption of tourists' flow and flights was a priority for the two countries.
Egyptian tourism industry has been hard hit after a number of countries, including Russia and the United Kingdom, suspended flights to Egypt over safety concerns after an Airbus A321 crashed en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, killing all 224 people on board, after an explosive device detonation.
