Egypt Foreign Minister Reportedly Resigns

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr has tendered his resignation, the state news agency MENA reported early on Tuesday, after millions of Egyptians rallied against President Mohamed Morsi.

The report did not elaborate or say where it got the information. At least five other ministers have resigned since Sunday’s mass protests.

This comes after 4 Egyptian ministers of tourism, environment, communication and legal affairs tendered their resignations on Monday a day after massive protests against President Mohamed Morsi swept the country.

The four handed in their letters of resignation together to Egypt’s Premier Hisham Kandil.

It is worth mentioning that informed sources told “Amwal Al Ghad” that there is a secret meeting convened on Monday in the Smart Village includes 5 ministers who discuss submitting their resignations to Egypt’s Premier Hisham Kandil within hours; showing solidarity with the protests transpired yesterday.

Accordingly, the foreign minister would join the list of the resigned ministers following an anti-regime mass demonstration on June 30.

The other 4 resigned ministers are Hesham Zazou- Minister of Tourism, Khaled Fahmy- Minister of Environment, Ahmed Soliman- Minister of Justice, Atef Helmy- Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Hatem Bagato, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.