Diplomatic Circles

Egyptian-Canadian community best bet to tighten ties: outgoing ambassador

Motaz Mounir Zahran says there wasn’t ‘enough traffic’ between Canada and Egypt to forge the necessary political ties.

Egyptian Ambassador Motaz Mounir Zahran will end his four-year term in Ottawa at the end of September. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

September 26, 2018

Helping launch an international school in Egypt’s new capital was one of the “cherries on top” of the outgoing ambassador’s post in Ottawa, but Motaz Mounir Zahran said he wished there had been more interaction at the political level. ...

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