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the admiral Mameesh Egyptian guarantees: navigation in the Suez Canal is absolutely sure
the president of Suez Canal Authority has emphasized that the water way is garrisoned by the Armed Forces
July 8, 2013
The situation in Egypt is made more and more stiff for the crashs happened before and after the destitution of president Mohamed Morsi at the hands of the soldiers and has reached to a step from the civil war after in the past hours to Cairo Guard Repubblicana has shot against a group of supporters of the former president, that they would have lead an assault to barracks, causing some tens of died (hurt dead 42 and 322 according to governmental sources).
The war scene provokes strong worry in the international community included that of the shipping, that it sees put to risk safety of the ships that journey in the Suez Canal. Saturday admiral Mohab Mameesh, president of Suez Canal Authority, has emphasized that navigation in the channel Egyptian absolutely sure and is garrisoned by the Armed Forces and the troops of the Ministry of the Interior. Mameesh has evidenced that saturday the water way is crossed in both the directions from 55 ships that transported 3,1 million tons of goods, to confirmation of the confidence that international the marine community lays by in the management of the channel.
The traffic is regularly continued Sunday and in the first hours of this morning. However the serious generalized crisis and in existence in Egypt is returned obvious also by the difficulty of local the marine operators of giving in these hours a confirmation on the regularity of the activities in the channel.
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