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With the continuation of the Russian war on Ukraine, the debate continues on social media in Egypt regarding many official positions regarding the developments of the crisis and its repercussions, whether with regard to the Ukrainian tourists stranded in Egypt or the Egyptians stranded in Ukraine and neighboring countries.

After its decision to extend the stay of Ukrainian and Russian tourists in Egyptian hotels for free, the Egyptian government decided to take care of transporting Ukrainians to the neighboring countries of their country through EgyptAir and its subsidiary Air Cairo, provided that the government bears the costs of those trips.

Government: We will bear the cost of transporting Ukrainian tourists to Ukraine's neighboring countries https://t.co/n50nzuleYg pic.twitter.com/GE8dTedcGq

- Week (@elaosboa2021) March 5, 2022

“To ease their suffering.”


Government spokesman Nader Saad says that Egypt has decided to operate flights from Egypt to transport Ukrainian tourists to Ukraine’s neighboring countries, provided that Egypt bears the cost of the flights, similar to the cost of extending the residence, stressing the transfer of about 4,000 Ukrainian tourists. So far # Russia_Ukraine pic.twitter.com/zu1lGPAQ2Z

— Monitor Network (@RassdNewsN) March 6, 2022

They cannot afford the costs of treating an Egyptian citizen wounded in the Ukrainian war, but they can afford to extend the stay of Ukrainian tourists, whose number exceeded 6,500 tourists.

no comment

— Ibtissem Hasnaoui (@IbtissemHasnao1) March 5, 2022

humanitarian point of view

In turn, Nader Saad, a spokesman for the Egyptian Cabinet, said that his country dealt with the crisis from a purely humanitarian standpoint, as it allowed the presence of Ukrainian tourists in the same hotels residing in them for free and without asking for any additional amounts.

Saad explained - in televised statements - that the government was studying during the past week possible alternatives for how tourists can return to the countries neighboring Ukraine due to the impossibility of returning to their country, noting that Ukrainian tourists chose Egypt over other tourist countries to spend their vacations in, and therefore "this is the simplest thing we offer." them in this crisis.

The spokesman for the Egyptian Cabinet said that his country transferred about 4 thousand Ukrainians out of the approximately 20 thousand who were present in it to other countries, pointing to the continuation of these flights, and he also pointed to another benefit of these trips, which is that they carry the Egyptians who succeeded in returning during their return. Crossing the Ukrainian border to neighboring countries and those wishing to return to Egypt.

senior instructions

In a completely different situation, the young Egyptian Mohamed Zayed - who was injured in the Russian war on Ukraine - told Mada Masr (exclusive) that he fears being evacuated from Poland to Egypt before he recovers in a way from being pressured by the Egyptian embassy in Poland.

Zayed explained in his statements to the site that the Egyptian ambassador in Poland and his deputy told him yesterday, Saturday, that he must leave Poland with his family for Egypt immediately, and that he asked the ambassador for a time limit to recover from the effects of the surgeries, but the deputy ambassador told him that the embassy could not afford the cost of his stay in the hotel, and that This decision does not belong to the embassy, ​​but to "higher instructions", and that the matter is not up for discussion.

Zayed was hit by bullets from a warplane on the second day of the war waged by Russia on Ukraine while he was on his way to buy formula for his baby, who was born a few days ago, causing him severe injuries that led to the removal of the spleen later, and he was transported to Poland via an unequipped car Thursday the past, which worsened his condition, according to his statements.

Social media controversy

The Egyptian government's decision to bear the costs of accommodation and travel for Ukrainian tourists sparked a wave of controversy on social networking sites in Egypt.

But others demanded that the government assume its responsibility towards the Egyptians, who were affected by Russia’s war on Ukraine in the same way that it assumed responsibility for the tourists, while a number of them were surprised by the government’s provision of requirements for the residence and travel of tourists so quickly, even though it complains day and night about its inability to meet the people’s requirements.

I live with money, I do good education, and no good health, but Thanks God, I have money, I pay the costs of Ukrainian tourists https://t.co/XBtjbzQOEk

— mohamed mamdouh (@Mohamed78_m) March 5, 2022

The country whose government is manipulating its citizens with eggs and stones in order to collect money from the air has decided to host

Ukrainian


tourists for free and also will take them to anywhere in the world for

free

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— Nasser (@Nasser83676573) March 5, 2022

The government operates flights to transport Ukrainian tourists to Ukrainian neighboring countries at its expense


and extends the period of stay for those whose residency has expired with bearing the cost


, knowing that the return of the Egyptians from Ukraine was at their own expense


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— Adam Rayan (@AdamRay95646326) March 5, 2022

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Egypt transports stranded Ukrainian tourists to Ukraine’s neighboring countries and bears the expenses of flights for this purpose


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— Magdi Shalash (@magdishalash) March 5, 2022

Oh dear Egyptians, you have a government that bears the residence of Russian and Ukrainian tourists, and I also bear the costs of their travel. If this is the treatment of a stranger, what about Egyptians?


Long live Egypt 3 times.

— Abou Mohammed 🇪🇬 (@33FmoERoYhLzWtF) March 6, 2022

Clarify again because the people who understood me, I value Egypt's step towards Ukrainian tourists and do not criticize it, and at the same time I condemn the Ukrainians' dealings with Egyptians in the evacuation areas, and I hope this will be a step towards respecting the Arab person in the future as the Arabs respect them.

— Dr. Emad Nasser (@dJNt2GwzpllYl4Q) March 4, 2022