Egyptian authorities are ready to provide Moscow with the latest information on the progress of Cairo's probe into the crash of a Russian passenger jet over Sinai last October, a Russian spokesman said Wednesday.
Egypt's public prosecutor, Nabil Sadek, along with other top government officials held talks with Russian prosecutor general Yuri Chaika in Moscow Wednesday during which both sides signed a memorandum of cooperation between the prosecution offices of both countries.
During the meeting, "The prosecutor general of the Arab Republic of Egypt expressed readiness in case of need to provide to the Russian prosecutor general's office and other concerned departments information about the status of the investigation into the A321 plane crash in October 2015," spokesman of the Russian prosecutor general’s office Alexander Kurennoi told Russia's TASS news agency.
"The sides also discussed various issues related to cooperation in the legal sphere and in the fight against international crime," Kurennoi added.
An Egyptian delegation consisting of the minister of civil aviation, public prosecutor and the chief of the crash investigation committee flew to Moscow earlier this week to provide Russian officials with the latest findings on Cairo's investigation into the crash.
Moscow suspended all civil flights to Egypt over security concerns in the wake of the crash that killed all 224 on board. The plane was en route from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia.
Egypt has said it has fulfilled 85 percent of Russia’s demands regarding aviation safety and is now expecting steps to be taken by the Russian side towards resuming flights.
Russia said a bomb destroyed the airliner, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi suggested in February that the plane was downed due to "terrorism."
