Egypt to hold first arms expo in 2018

CAIRO – 5 October 2017: Egypt will hold an international arms exhibition next year, said General Mohsen Abdel Nabi, chairman of the Armed Forces Morale Affairs Department, on Thursday.

The Army has contacted an international company to organize the exhibition in a new conference hall that will be inaugurated next week, amid the October 6 celebrations, he added in a press conference at the Ministry of Defense.

The first show held in Egypt, the Expo, will display exhibits of heavy arms and aviation.

Also, the Egyptian army has decided, for the first time since the victory, that it will produce three movies on October 6, Abdel Nabi said. The three movies will revolve on the major events of Halal Mountain, Kabrit Battle, and General Ibrahim Al-Rifai, respectively.

The Armed Forces has chosen scenarists Wahid Hamid and Naser Abd El-Rahman to write the three movies.