Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi said on June 29 that "the state will present all documents and evidence," adding "we have to nothing to hide."

The Rio Olympics, the first games to be held in South America, are set to open on Aug. 5.

Sargsyan expressed gratitude on the adoption by the Bundestag of a resolution on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

He said Brexit would "freeze the possibilities of investment in Great Britain or in Europe as a whole".

The jihadists had been attempting to flee an offensive by government forces, who recently recaptured Falluja.

Karabakh Defense Army troops refrained from retaliating to continue controlling the situation along the line of contact.

The Airbus A320 plunged into the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19, killing all 66 people on board.

A final decision is likely in summer 2018, with deployment due at the end of the 2020s at the earliest.