OPEN// Sisi arrives at Misr Mosque in New Administrative Capital for Eid al-Adha prayers
CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived at Misr Mosque in the New Administrative Capital early on Friday morning to perform Eid al-Adha prayers.
He was welcomed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Defense General Abdel Meguid Saqr, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayeb, as well as several ministers and senior state officials.
(MENA)
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