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Egypt blasts UK over pope treatment
Egypt said it would deal in a 'tit-for-tat' fashion with visiting British dignitaries after the Coptic Pope was forced to go through a metal detector at London's Heathrow airport.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:31 April 14, 2008
- The Coptic Pope - pictured here with His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan - carries a diplomatic passport.
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Cairo: Egypt said it would deal in a “tit-for-tat'' fashion with visiting British dignitaries after the Coptic Pope was forced to go through a metal detector at London's Heathrow airport.
The 84-year-old Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, who carries a diplomatic passport, was on a visit to the UK to open a catholic church.
He was initially informed he would have to undergo a body search, but airport workers backed down after he objected.
The Egyptian government issued a strongly-worded statement to the UK saying that British personalities would face the same treatment on visits to Egypt.
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