CAIRO, Jul 12 (Aswat Masriya) – Our daily roundup of headlines in Egypt's main state-owned and private newspapers on Jul. 12, 2016:

Al-Ahram:

-Efforts underway to resolve problem of Egyptians who violated Haj permits in Saudi Arabia

-Egypt to participate in African Union summit meetings

-Foreign Minister Shoukry updates Palestinian President Abbas on outcomes of his talks in Israel

-Irrigation Minister visits Uganda

Al-Akhbar:

-Egyptian-Palestinian-Jordanian coordination for resumption of peace negotiations

-Sisi: We welcome Egyptian expats' contribution to national projects

-Prime Minister Sherif Ismail: Priority to be given to making goods available, increasing number of sales points and monitoring markets

-Civil service law amendments to be presented to parliament next week

Al-Masry al-Youm:

-Egypt prepares for summit on solution for Palestinian issue

-Interior minister signs deal with Germany to secure airports, confront terror

-Row over high school exams: Security forces foil press syndicate conference

Al-Watan:

-Egypt moves to take the lead in Africa

-Security forces cancel conference on high school exams; minister rebukes his aides

-Lawmaker proposes new tax on marriages, divorces … authorized marriage officers object

Al-Shorouk:

-Government to resort to ‘hard choices’ to narrow budget deficit

-Cigarettes’ prices surge: Imported brands by 25 pct, local by 10 pct

-Wheat corruption investigation committee reveals violations; supplies minister says it’s difficult to combat corruption