After the inauguration, last Thursday of the new stretch of the Suez Canal, with great ceremony by the Egyptian government and an exceptional array of security and protection of the event the Head of the Press Office of the Embassy in Moscow Egyptian Aiman Mousa in He explained: it is 72 km of parallel channel to the old built 146 years ago. The new channel will allow ships transiting to proceed in both directions and reduce the waiting period from 11 to 22 hours, increasing revenues.
During the opening ceremony of the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi has crossed the Channel on board the yacht Mahroussa, historical boat that crossed first the old Suez Canal in 1869.
Among the guests at the inauguration remind the French President Francois Hollande, the Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, Minister of Culture of China Luo Shugang, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, a Vatican delegation and some African leaders.
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