Egypt's President Sisi phons Tunisian counterpart to be assured of his health after incident of 'poison letter'

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Sat, 30 Jan 2021 - 02:22 GMT

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FILE PHOTO: Tunisian President Kais Saied takes the oath of office in Tunis, Tunisia, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Tunisian President Kais Saied takes the oath of office in Tunis, Tunisia, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo

CAIRO – 30 January 2021: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi made a phone call with Tunisian President Kais Said on Saturday to be assured of the latter’s safety after he received a poison letter.
 
President Sisi wished Said a continued health and wellness, according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency.
 
The Tunisian President expressed his sincere appreciation for the president's sincere wishes, discussing the ways of enhancing bilateral relations and other international and regional issues of mutual concern.
 
The Tunisian presidency announced on Wednesday evening that an envelope was sent to President Kais Said from an unknown sender, but when the head of the presidential aides opened it, she found nothing, but lost vision, felt a severe headache, and got fainted. One of the employees at the presidential staff, who was attending while she was opening the envelope, felt the same symptoms with less pain.
 
Immediately, the letter was put in the paper shredder and no-one knows what is the substance of in the envelope, the statement said, noting that the presidency did not reveal the incident on the same day. However, when the information of the letter went viral on social media, the presidency issued a statement on the incident of the poison letter for clarification.
 
Since then, the head of the presidential staff has been hospitalized.
 

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Posted by ‎Présidence Tunisie رئاسة الجمهورية التونسية‎ on Thursday, January 28, 2021
 
Last week, Tunisia has sent several protests against the economic situation amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 600 protesters have been arrested during riot clashes with security forces during the demonstrations. Later, other protests staged against the detention of the demonstrators and the hard economic situation.
 
The protests also came during a critical time for Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi's government which has seen a reshuffle last week. On Tuesday, the Tunisian Parliament approved the cabinet reshuffle, despite President Said' reservation on the nomination of some ministers inside the new reshuffle.
 
In a cabinet meeting, Kais Said said that some of the ministers may have conflicts of interest. 

 

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