Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh
Shoukry has accused unnamed countries of failing to share intelligence
relating to the crash of the Russian Metrojet plane a week ago.
The UK halted flights to Sharm el-Sheikh and is repatriating tourists.
The Airbus 321 came down in the Sinai Peninsula killing all 224 on board shortly after leaving the resort.
"We are the party that is the most closely connected to the issue," Mr Shoukry said.
"We expected that the information provided on a technical level would be provided to us on a technical level, instead of it being released to the media in this public manner."
"Egypt is co-operating to reassure these countries that the [security] measures adopted in Egyptian airports conform to international standards," he added.
Mr Shoukry also criticised a failure to co-operate in fighting terrorism, accusing some countries of "concentrating on their self-interests" and underestimating the terrorism challenges facing Egypt.
The UK ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, said he had personally been in close contact with the Egyptian government round the clock.
"We've made all the information available and we explained to them the basis for our decision-making," he told the BBC.
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The UK announced on 5 November that it was suspending flights and working to bring its citizens home after reviewing airport security at Sharm el-Sheikh.
Most of the victims of the crash were Russian. Russia said on Friday it was suspending flights to Egypt as a whole and recommending its holidaymakers - numbering some 80,000 - return home.
Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Saturday that 10 flights carrying returning Russians had already left Egypt.
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