Iraqi Ambassador To Egypt Today: I wish Egypt won UNESCO post

CAIRO - 13 October 2017: Iraqi Ambassador to Egypt Habib Al Sadr expressed his regret that Moushira Khattab did not win in the fifth round of the director general UNESCO voting.

"I wish Moushira Khattab won the UNESCO post today," Al Sadr told Egypt Today on Friday

Al Sadr told Egypt Today that "Iraq withdrew its candidate from the UNESCO race in favor of Khattab despite of the Iraqi candidate's potentials and great experience in politics in the way that stresses coordination and cooperation between Cairo and Baghdad."

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry expressed to reporters Egypt’s wishes for best luck in the final round to France after Egypt’s candidate Moushira Khattab won only 25 votes in the UNESCO fifth round, while France’s Audrey Azoulay received 31 votes.

The fifth and last round will see the French candidate Audrey Azoulay who previously got 31 votes, competing with the Qatari candidate Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari who amassed 22 votes Thursday.