Egypt praises late Palestinian leader Arafat on the 14th anniversary of his death

CAIRO - 11 November 2018: Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Sunday paid tribute to late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the 14th anniversary of his death.

"Greetings to the symbol of the Palestinian struggle ... to the spirit of leader Yasser Arafat," the ministry's spokesman Ahmed Hafez tweeted.

"His death anniversary is a reminder of the responsibility he had long shouldered ..which is the Palestinian people's unity in order to restore their historic rights," he added.