Sisi pays tribute to young Egyptians on World Youth Day

CAIRO – 12 August 2019: On the International Youth Day, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi paid tribute to the Egyptian youth on their enthusiastic roles, affirming that the state will continue its support to the youth to achieve better future for the nation.

فى اليوم العالمى للشباب .. اتوجه بتحية تقدير واعتزاز لشباب مصر المتحمس الواعد والذى يُثبت يوماً بعد يوم بأنه سر قوة وحيوية أمتنا العظيمة ، وأؤكد على أن الدولة المصرية عازمة على الإستمرار فى دعم شبابها وإعدادهم بالشكل الذى يُحقق بهم مستقبلاً أفضل لمصرنا العزيزة

— Abdelfattah Elsisi (@AlsisiOfficial) August 12, 2019

“On the International Youth Day, I pay tribute to the enthusiastic and promising Egyptian youths who are proving day by day that they are the secret of the strength and vitality of our great nation.I affirm that the Egyptian state is determined to continue its support tothe youth and prepare them in a way that achieves a better future for our Egypt,” said President Sisi on his official Twitter.

The United Nations celebrates the international Youth Day this year under the theme of “Transforming education” to make education accessible to all young people around the globe, saying the number of young people -aged between 10 and 24- reached 1.8 billion in the world.

Egypt held the country’s first National Youth Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh with the participation of 3,000 youth, under the auspices of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in Ocober 2016.

Since then, six editions had been organized; it began in response to President Sisi’s call for convening a national conference for youth, which was launched during the celebration of the Egyptian youth day on January 9, 2016.

The conference aimed at bringing together prominent youth future leaders with state officials and institutions, and giving them the chance to directly debate the present and the future and exchange ideas and experience to support their ambitions.

 

Source : Egypt Today