President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has despatched a cable to greet His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark, on the event of celebrating Christmas.
The textual content reads:
” Your Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark,
On the event of celebrating Coptic Christmas, it’s my pleasure to convey to Your Holiness and to all our Coptic brothers my heartfelt greetings and honest needs for a Merry Christmas, asking Allah to return it with all goodness and happiness.
I seize this nice event to reward the energy of cohesion and interconnectedness between the individuals of Egypt , each Muslims and Copts, in our journey in direction of the specified way forward for this pricey nation. Egypt is the cradle of divine messages, which has been and can stay to be a supply of pleasure for this nice nation all through historical past.
Our message to the present and future generations is that our nationwide unity is our essential pillar for improvement and progress, and the cohesion of the nationwide material of this nice individuals is its protecting defend and impenetrable fortress. The nation wants the concerted efforts of all its individuals because it embarks on improvement and building for a greater and brighter tomorrow for our kids.
I ask Allah Almighty to guard Egypt and its individuals, and to bless it with lasting safety, progress, and prosperity.
As the brand new yr begins, I want our Coptic brothers and sisters a yr stuffed with success and prosperity through which their hopes and ambitions are fulfilled, and for our pricey Egypt and all its individuals extra prosperity, progress and prosperity”.
President El-Sisi additionally greeted the Coptic expatriates, conveyed by the Egyptian embassies and consulates around the globe, through which he expressed his honest and heartfelt greetings on this event and his honest needs for achievement and prosperity, and for our pricey Egypt and all its individuals for continued progress, progress and prosperity.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of The Presidency, The Arab Republic of Egypt.