Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated that Egypt extends its helping hands to the international community to exert joint efforts to support Lebanon and grant its people a better future.
President Sisi said that Egypt calls upon the international community to exert all possible efforts to assist and support the Lebanese people in overcoming the devastating effects of the August 2020 Beirut explosion and rebuilding the city.
In his virtual speech during the Lebanon Donor Conference, which was held at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, President Sisi reaffirmed Egypt’s full support and solidarity with the Lebanese people and stressed that it stands ready to assist Lebanon by dispatching more emergency aid.
King Abdullah II of Jordan, US President Joe Biden, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, as well as the European Union and its various institutions, international and regional organizations, and a large number of foreign ministers of various world countries were present at the meeting, Presidency Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Radi said.
“Lebanon, which has always been a beacon of culture, art, and thought, and an important tributary of Arab creativity, is still able, with the determination of its sons, to become as thriving and unique as we have always known it to be,” Sisi said, addressing the Lebanese people.
President Sisi called on loyal Lebanese patriots, regardless of their positions, to join hands and to distance their country from regional tensions and conflicts.
President Sisi mentioned how the exceptional and difficult circumstances facing the world as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have placed heavy burdens on many countries, particularly those that were encountering major economic challenges in the first place, including brotherly Lebanon.
He added that the provision of international support to the Lebanese people is inevitable and urgent.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
