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Egypt opens Rafah crossing for media delegation

Tuesday 22-November-2016

The Egyptian authorities opened Tuesday morning Rafah border crossing to allow a Palestinian media delegation to cross.

A media delegation comprising 31 journalists is scheduled to arrive in Cairo today to participate in a media workshop about the Palestinian cause organized by the semi-official al-Ahram newspaper.

Coordinator of the delegation Mohamed Abu Giyab affirmed that the delegation is expected to remain in Egypt for four days to take part in a workshop about the media role in supporting the Palestinian society.

Issues related to the Palestinian-Egyptian relations would also be discussed during the event he pointed out.

The delegation is expected to visit the Egyptian Media City and other media institutions in the country according to him.

He underlined that the four-day visit mainly aims at re-activating the Palestinian-Egyptian relations.

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