Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry (R) meets with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt expressed frustration on Saturday at Britain's refusal to lift a suspension of flights from the United Kingdom to the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, imposed after Islamic State brought down a Russian airliner in 2015.
The issue of airline security came up in talks involving visiting British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry.
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