Egyptian Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir said during a Sunday phone interview with the the “al-Hekaya” TV program that he would never even consider resigning following the Sohag train accident. “If I resigned and every minister resigned when an accident happened, the countries could not be managed. The Transport Minister issued an official apology on Saturday on behalf of the Egyptian National Railway (ENR) over a collision between two trains in Upper Egypt. Wazir’s apology followed President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Justice Minister Omar Marwan, Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, Local Development Minister Mahmoud Shaarawi, Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq, Health and Population Minister Hala Zayed, Transport Minister, and Social Solidarity Minister Nevine al-Kabbaj. Dozens of equipped ambulances were dispatched to transport the injured people to Sohag General Hospital, Sohag Educational Hospital, Tahta Hospital and Maragha Hospital.

Source: Egypt Independent March 28, 2021 10:52 UTC