Egypt's Foreign Ministry has asked all Cairo-based embassies and foreign organizations, as well as Egyptian diplomatic missions abroad, not to present Egyptian officials with gifts valued at more than LE100.
Ministry spokesperson Amr Roshdy said in press statements Tuesday that gifts valued at more than that amount would be transferred to the Finance Ministry. He added that the new measure would apply to Egyptian officials on all levels, both during foreign visits and for visiting foreign delegations.
On Monday, the state-run newspaper Al-Ahram said the government was preparing a bill to confiscate gifts given to former regime officials and transfer them to the state’s treasury.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
