2017-08-24
Cairo, May 25, 2017 - The Minister of Tourism Khaled Al-Anany addressed the 34th African and Middle Eastern Travel Association conference. He expressed his gratitude to E-Dial Company for the partnership in organizing the International Coalition to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade (ICCWCIT) on July 23, 2011, and thanked the US and Kenyan governments, as well as various international organizations like CIWEC, WWF, INTERPOL, IUCN, and UNEP for their cooperation in combating wildlife crimes. He also highlighted that Egypt has never exported a live elephant to any foreign country, and urged everyone to show high respect towards this issue.