A delegation of US congressmen arrived in Cairo on Tuesday to meet with political leaders and activists to discuss the building of democratic institutions in Egypt.
The delegation is headed by the Republican David Dreier, representative for California, with Keith Ellison, the first Muslim in Congress, also in attendance.
In related news, an Israeli delegation visiting the embassy in Cairo left for Amman on Tuesday, on its way back to Israel. The Israelis came to identify another location for their embassy, which was attacked recently.
They flew by Royal Jordanian Airlines because there were no direct flights from Cairo to Tel Aviv that day.
Israeli sources claim that Egypt has declined a request by Israel to move its embassy to Sharm el-Sheikh. Egypt fears disturbing the security situation in the tourist resort, said the sources.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
