Egypt's Suez canal authority chief said on Sunday the authority is closely monitoring the current tensions in the Red Sea.
The maritime traffic in the canal is normal © Mena Today
Egypt's Suez canal authority chief said on Sunday the authority is closely monitoring the current tensions in the Red Sea.
The authority is "closely following the consequences of current tensions in the Red Sea on the traffic in the canal," Chairman Osama Rabea said in a statement, adding that maritime traffic in the canal is normal.
Since Nov. 19, 55 ships have rerouted via the Cape of Good Hope, while 2,128 have crossed the canal in the same period, the statement added.
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are due to meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the fragile US-Iran peace framework, as Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed 47 people and wounded nearly 100, dealing a severe blow to the ceasefire the agreement was supposed to deliver.
Just two days before the formal signing of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding in Switzerland President Donald Trump delivered a blunt warning to Tehran from the G7 summit in Evian.
US President Donald Trump will hold bilateral talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the G7 summit opening Monday in Évian, France, the Egyptian presidency announced Sunday.
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