Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation (Rosturizm) Oleg Safonov has met with Egyptian Ambassador in Moscow Mohamed el Badri to discuss cooperation in the tourism field.

The meeting, which was held on Wednesday, came at a request from the Egyptian side, Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.

About two million Russian tourists arrived in Egypt in the first nine months of 2015, down 9 percent from 2014, according to Russian official statistics.

Source: MENA