Egyptian FM leaves Cairo on Arab tour

Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri left here on Tuesday for Amman, Jordan, on his first leg of an Arab tour that will take him to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for talks on latest regional developments.
The Egyptian top diplomat is expected to hold talks with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh as well as his Kuwaiti opposite Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah on a set of issues of common interest and regional developments.
In Arabia, Shokri wil take prt in the executive committee meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) that will discuss the situation in Palestine in view of the recent Israeli escalations.