Sudanese diplomat suspended in Cairo airport with 175 thousand dollars

Khartoum-Diplomatic source said on Monday that the Egyptian authorities apprehended an administration staff in the Sudanese military attaché in Cairo as he was carrying around 175 thousand dollars as salaries of the employees.

High level source told the Citizen that the employees made a mistake when asked about the declaration of the amount he was at carrying at Cairo International Airport a matter that has led to a misunderstanding.

He added” after the incident, the embassy got a notification from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. The case was handled immediately, and the employee was released,

However, the embassy admitted the mistake with the sum returned to Khartoum to be transferred in accordance with the known diplomatic channels.

The source attributed the issue to the delay in the salaries of the attaché a matter that made them to send an administrative envoy to Khartoum.

The same source described as progressed the relations between Khartoum and Cairo, saying that” such things would not affect it”