The Armenian tourist agencies suspended providing services to Egypt. Armenpress was reported about it by the representatives of several Armenian tourist agencies, noting that because of the events taking place recently in Egypt, they do not advise the citizens to spend their rest in that country. “If there are people who want to leave for Egypt, we do not refuse them categorically but advise them to give up the decision to visit Egypt in this period”, – said the representative of one of the tourist agencies. The Yerevan-Sharm el-Sheikh direct
flights have also been suspended.

In early July the situation in Egypt was destabilized. The President Mohamed Morsi was removed from the position by the Army Command on July 3 and isolated from its environment and moved to the Ministry of Defense. Later it was found out that Morsi and his supporters were detained and taken to the Security Service building. The Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Egypt temporarily assumed the duties of the president of the country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia advises the Armenian citizens not to visit Egypt without strict necessity taking into consideration the events in that country. The Armenian citizens who are in Egypt are advised to avoid the places of mass gatherings and in case of a problem connect the Armenian embassy in Cairo where a shift is set with the following phone number – 202 27374157. By July 3 more than 400 citizens of the Republic of Armenia had been in Egypt, a part of which has dual citizenship. It is not known who are tourists among them.