Sisi: Sinai is precious responsibility entrusted to us, its development is our duty

CAIRO – 4 October 2023: President Abdel Fattah al Sisi extend on Wednesday his sincere greetings to Egyptians on the 50th anniversary of the victory of October 6, 1973.

In a speech marking the 50th Anniversary of October War Victory at the Cultural Symposium, Sisi described 6 October as ‘the day of which the Armed Forces turned wounds and pains into a great drive for work, crossing the invincible barrier between defeat and victory, between desolation and pride.’

“The national fighting spirit overcame the enormous challenge by the deep cultural reserve of the Egyptian nation of strength, courage, and confidence, and above all, faith in God; the faith of the confident, certain that God’s victory was near, rewarding the faithful and diligent, those who had just causes.” Sisi said.

Sisi sent a tribute of respect and appreciation to the people of Egypt and the Armed Forces for their esteemed national role in war and peace.

“Heartfelt greetings to the leader Mohammad Anwar El-Sadat, the hero who was martyred at the Peace Memorial, after crowning his efforts with the honor of war for the homeland. A salute to him and to the righteous martyrs of Egypt in the October War, who watered the land of this dear country with their precious blood and had their names inscribed immortal in the books of honor and heroism.” Sisi stated

In his speech, Sisi said that Sinai is a precious responsibility entrusted to us, Egyptians. “The cost at which we regained it was high. We made great sacrifices for it. Now, we have a duty to rebuild and develop it in a manner consistent with our great ambition for our homeland. We already started by an unwitnessed scale of work. Hundreds of billions of pounds spent.”