Egypt calls on Algeria to support its UNESCO presidency candidate

Algeria’s Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, received yesterday the former Egyptian foreign minister, Mohamed El-Orabi, in Algeria where they discussed mutual cooperation on different levels, Asharq Al-Awsat reported.

During the meeting, Orabi conveyed a message from the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, to his Algerian counterpart, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, according to Ouyahia. He did not provide details about the message’s content or the reason behind it.

On his part, the Egyptian ambassador to Algeria, Omar Abu Aish, told Asharq Al-Awsat that Ouyahia offered during the meeting his condolences for the Egyptian police forces’ martyrs who were targeted yesterday in a terrorist attack which took place in the north of Sinai Peninsula.

Abu Oish added that Orabi’s visit to Algeria comes within the framework of the Egyptian government’s efforts to support its candidate for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Director-General post, Ambassador Moushira Khattab.

He noted that Orabi is due to visit several countries with the aim of promoting for Ambassador Khattab’s elections campaign.