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The United Kingdom has temporarily closed its Embassy in Cairo after the Egyptian authorities removed security barriers outside the building against a diplomatic order for the arrest of an activist.
The United Kingdom said its main embassy building in the area of the capital Garden City would remain closed, “until the impact of these changes is being reviewed,” but added that the embassy remains operatively.
The decision follows increasing calls in the country to respond to the processing of the United Kingdom to a protest in London, the reports said.
Last week, a well-known pro-Government activist was arrested and later released after obviously confronted with protesters outside the UK embassy in the United Kingdom, Daily News reported EgyptS
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelati was reported to be called the United Kingdom National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell last week to ask for an explanation for arrest.
Early Abdelati stated that Egypt has the “right to reaction and reciprocity” against countries that “did not provide protection for the Egyptian embassies in accordance with the Vienna Convention”.
The arrest has also caused order in Egypt, with some political figures calling on the Egyptian authorities to remove barriers from the United Kingdom Embassy in Cairo.
The BBC News understands that the United Kingdom government continues to deal with Egyptian colleagues on the Cairo Embassy’s security and staff safety.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided telephone numbers on the Egypt Travel Tip tab On their website for those who need consular care. The page does not advise to travel to Cairo, but advises not to travel to certain parts of Egypt.
Big barriers have been installed in the United Kingdom and US embassies in Cairo for decades, which critics in Egypt claim to have violated street traffic in the area.
Thehe The UK Embassy in Cairo has previously been closed Temporary in 2013 and 2014 in connection with individual security issues.
