Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has directed Egyptian embassies to intensify their efforts to repatriate Egyptian artifacts that were smuggled or illegally transported abroad. This directive was issued during a meeting between the Foreign Minister and officials from the Ministry’s Cultural Department, according to a statement released by the Foreign Ministry. In the statement, Abdelatty emphasized: … The post Egypt mobilizes diplomatic missions to reclaim illicitly exported artifacts appeared first on Egypt Independent .