Sisi in inauguration of 4th phase of Cairo Metro Line 3: Egypt keen to improve people’s lives

CAIRO – 16 August 2020: In a speech during the inauguration of the fourth phase of the third line of Cairo Metro, which connects Imamba in Giza with the Cairo International Airport area, President Abdel Fatah El Sisi said that the development constructions and projects that the country is carrying out cost billions of pounds.

“The [infrastructure works] are being financed by huge amount of money. The state is keen to improve the lives of people in all sectors,” he said, adding that the construction works and other projects were financed in loans.

“We did not ask you [Egyptians] to repay such loans and their interests. What we need is the costs of operation and maintenance of the utilities,” the President said, calling upon the people to cooperate with the government to face all challenges that Egypt goes through.

President El-Sisi expressed his gratitude to those who are working in the infrastructure sectors, saying that those workers are not less than 5 million people. “We will make a greater effort in all sectors to achieve what we wish,” he said.

Concerning the state’s efforts in dealing with the new coronavirus (COVID-19), President Sisi said that the country has achieved great success in facing the COVID-19 crisis, saying “the crisis was not severe, and the rates [of infection] were improved.” He called upon the people to be pay attention to avoid the infection in order to reach a zero infection nationwide.

“We must realize that there will be no complacency in dealing with the virus, because this will reflect on society [negatively]. Therefore, the society as citizens, agencies and the state must […] keep public health not affected […], especially in light of opening the schools in winter,” President Sisi said.

Besides witnessing the inauguration of the fourth phase of Cairo Metro Line 3, President Sisi laid the foundation stone of the transit station Adly Mansour, which was named after former interim President Adly Mansour as a token of gratitude.

Sisi presented former President Adly Mansour a souvenir for his contributions and great role when was Mansour interim President following the overthrow of late President Mohamed Morsi.

The station is one of the major central stops that connect the new administrative capital with all the cities and governorates nationwide, said Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Radi, adding that the station has a commercial area on an area of ​​15 acres.

After the inauguration, President Sisi inspected the station, listening to a detailed explanation of the construction of the station.