{"id":42723,"date":"2021-11-30T17:20:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42723"},"modified":"2021-11-30T17:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:20:58","slug":"the-united-states-and-egypt-sign-new-memorandum-of-understanding-on-cultural-property-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42723","title":{"rendered":"The United States and Egypt Sign New Memorandum of Understanding on Cultural Property Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>11\/30\/2021 07:35 PM EST<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>Today, the United States and Egypt signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue the protection of Egypt\u2019s cultural property for an additional five years. \u00a0The MOU was signed in Cairo by U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt Jonathan R. Cohen, and Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt Mostafa Waziri. The new MOU supersedes an agreement signed in 2016 and\u00a0expands protections to include additional categories of cultural objects from Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is a committed partner in preserving, restoring, and protecting Egypt\u2019s cultural heritage.\u00a0\u00a0The MOU\u00a0will facilitate\u00a0continued\u00a0direct cooperation between law enforcement and efforts to identify, interdict, and\u00a0return\u00a0trafficked\u00a0cultural heritage\u00a0from Egypt.\u00a0 This\u00a0agreement\u00a0strengthens protections for Egypt\u2019s rich cultural heritage and reinforces our shared commitment to disrupt the trafficking of Egypt\u2019s archaeological artifacts and cultural objects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-4692775492645562344mail_footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11\/30\/2021 07:35 PM EST Office of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42724,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42723\/revisions\/42724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}