Egypt’s Russian plane probe chief ‘to hold press conference
November 6, 2015
The chairman of the Egyptian-led probe into the Russian plane crash in Sinai will hold a press conference in Cairo on Saturday at 1500 GMT, the government press centre said.
He will be joined by the civil aviation minister, the statement said.
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