In pics: Egypt's FM accompanies 294 stranded nationals back home from Beirut

This comes based on the Egyptian President's directives to return Egyptian citizens stranded in Lebanon to their homeland, and in light of the Egyptian state agencies' utmost attention and care for Egyptian communities abroad. 

 

 

Photos of Dr. Badr Abdel Aati, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, accompanied Wednesday along with 294 Egyptians aboard EgyptAir plane returning to Cairo were circulated. 

 

Some passengers posed for photos with the foreign minister aboard the flight. 

 

The passengers were Egyptians and their families who were stranded in Lebanon amid the escalating war. 

 

 

 

As this flight lands in Egypt, the total number of returnees so far reach 1,177 citizens via exceptional flights of EgyptAir.

 

The Egyptian nationals returning from Lebanon expressed their deep appreciation to the President of the Republic, and the state's interest in ensuring their safe return to their homeland by operating exceptional flights at the state's expense.

 

For his part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed that the Ministry spares no effort, in coordination with all state agencies, to provide all possible means of support to Egyptian citizens in Lebanon, whether by including them on return flights to Egypt or providing various consular services that the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut is keen to continue providing despite the difficult security situation in Beirut.