Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Vladimir Putin Discuss Cooperation in Fight Against Terrorism

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have discussed international cooperation in the fight against terrorism, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement today.

The two leaders agreed in a telephone call on the need for greater international security cooperation, according to the statement.

Russia's FSB security service said on Tuesday it was certain a bomb had brought down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt's Sinai on October 31, joining Britain and the United States in reaching that conclusion.