STORY: Egypt summons Swedish envoy over desecration of Quran
DATELINE: July 26, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:12
LOCATION: CairoCATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Egypt's Foreign Ministry headquarters in Cairo
2. various Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaking in a press conference
3. various of the Egypt's Foreign Ministry headquarters in Cairo
 
STORYLINE: 
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry summoned on Tuesday the Swedish charge d'affaires in protest against the recent burning and desecration of the Quran in the Nordic country.
 
The ministry reaffirmed in a statement Egypt's rejection of all actions that encourage religious hatred.
 
"Egypt has warned against the negative and serious repercussions of such disgraceful incidents that will lead to the growing of Islamophobia and destructive ideas seeking to destroy the civilization linkage among nations," the statement said.
 
It called on Swedish authorities and other countries that witnessed similar incidents to take necessary measures to prevent them from reoccurrence and hold perpetrators accountable to uphold cultural inclusiveness and peaceful coexistence among peoples.
 
On Thursday, an Iraqi refugee, who burned a copy of the Quran last month, stomped on the holy book during a demonstration in Sweden's capital Stockholm.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo.
(XHTV)