Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi assigned on Tuesday the National Youth Conference to conduct political dialogue with all parties and youth political powers on the current priorities of national action and to present its outcomes to him personally.
El-Sisi’s remarks came during the Egyptian Family Iftar banquet, which has been held every year since 2017 with the participation of all segments of society.
Following El-Sisi’s statement, the National Training Academy announced its adoption of his directives and that it would hold a number of meetings between all elements of the various political and youth forces within a national dialogue aimed at developing a national ideas agenda to deal with all pressing issues.
Leaders of Sinai tribes and representatives from farmers and political parties, in addition to artists, intellectuals, academics, businessmen, youth and women attended the event.
During his speech, El-Sisi spoke about the current economic crisis in the country, issuing a set of economy-related directives, chief among which was directing the government to hold an international press conference to declare the Egyptian state’s plan to deal with the crisis.
He also assigned the government to support local wheat farmers in Egypt – which used to get 80 percent of its wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine – and provide them financial and service incentives to increase Egypt’s local wheat production and reach self-sufficiency.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
