Ambassador Omar Amer, ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Athens, stated that the embassy has continued in recent days contacts with the competent Egyptian authorities to facilitate and exclude the families of the victims of the ship for illegal immigrants sank offshore of the Greek coasts last week, to allow them to rapidly conduct the analysis of the DNA requested by the Greek authorities, so that the bodies can be matched and identified, and the approval of the Greek authorities is obtained to transfer the bodies to their relatives in Egypt.
He added that the Egyptian authorities concerned have confirmed that the families of the victims (father and mother) can go, starting tomorrow morning, Thursday, to the Sayeda Zeinab forensic department, near the Magra El-Ayoun fence, to conduct virus analysis DNAAnd that the Forensic Medicine Authority provides the results of the analyzes directly to the Egyptian Embassy in Athens, subsequently, as soon as they are approved, so that they can be reported to the Greek authorities and the immediate release of the bodies and their transfer to Egypt can begin..
In relation to the above, the embassy wishes to confirm that it will continue its daily monitoring of all necessary procedures with the Greek side, which has confirmed its full willingness to cooperate with the embassy in this regard, in order to send the remains to the whose identity will be confirmed, as well as facilitating all necessary procedures.
The Egyptian Embassy once again expresses its most sincere condolences and sympathy for the death and loss of the honorable children of Egypt in this painful incident, expressing its appreciation and gratitude for all the sincere efforts of the Egyptian community in Greece and all abroad in the past period, which clearly demonstrated the magnanimity and humanity of the Egyptian people.
