Palestinian president congratulates Sisi on re-election

CAIRO – 2 April 2018: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated on Monday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on his re-election for a second term.

Abbas expressed his best wishes for President Sisi to achieve the aspirations of the Egyptian people and preserve Egypt's regional and international status.

The Palestinian President Praised Sisi's support for the Palestinian people and their right to establish an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi garnered 97.08 percent of valid votes in the presidential elections last week, where more than 21.8 million people voted for him. His hardly-known competitor received 656,534 votes, making up 2.9 percent of the valid ballots. The turnout stood at 24,254,152 voters; 41 percent of the electorate.