Azerbaijan, Baku, May 29/ Trend , U.Sadikova / There are no citizens of Azerbaijan amongst foreign students detained in Egypt, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Egypt Faig Bagirov told Trend by telephone from Cairo.
The Egyptian security forces have detained 34 Russian students from various countries. The detained also include students from the North Caucasus and other regions of Russia. Students from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, France and the United Kingdom are among the arrested, ITAR-TASS quoted Russian consulate in Cairo.
The reason for the arrest is checks into passport and visa documents, which are necessary to stay in the country. "This is what the relatives were told," the Russian consulate said.
Cairo says the law enforcement agencies aimed to check lawfulness of students' stay in the country.
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