Moscow, Sep 2 (IANS/AKI) Russia's Ambassador to Egypt, Sergei Kirpichenko, has died "suddenly" in hospital in Cairo at the age of 68, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Kirpichenko was appointed envoy to Egypt in 2011 and previously served in Syria, Libya and the United Arab Emirates.

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