Egypt: FM Meets Arab Counterparts, Rejects Threats to Navigational Security in Red Sea

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry expressed on Tuesday 14/5/2024 his full rejection of threats to navigational security in the Red Sea, during a meeting with his Yemeni counterpart Shayea Mohsen Al-Zindani, in the Bahraini capital, Manama.

Tensions in the Red Sea have led several shipping companies to divert their ships from the Suez Canal, where 12 percent of global trade used to cross, around the much-longer Cape of Good Hope route.

Despite efforts by a United States-led naval coalition…