Communications between Cairo and Baghdad to solve problems of 150,000 Egyptian citizens in Iraq

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry is making intensive communications with the Iraqi authorities and with the bureau for Egyptian interests in Baghdad to follow up on the conditions of the nearly 150,000 Egyptian citizens in Iraq, according to Egyptian estimates.

Assem Megahed, the assistant secretary general for the affairs of Egyptians living abroad, said the foreign ministry received hundreds of requests from Egyptian citizens who demand to feel reassured concerning sons and relatives living in Iraq.

In answering reporters' questions he added that the ministry coordinates with the Egyptian embassy in Baghdad to follow up on the conditions of the Egyptians in Iraq to solve their problems.