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Sisi pitches Sinai development to business world

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called on the country’s business leaders to help develop Sinai, but interest has been underwhelming so far.
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CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called upon business owners Feb. 26 to make donations to the “Tahya Misr” (Long Live Egypt) Fund to support development in the Sinai Peninsula. The call continues to echo among Egyptian business owners and investors.

During his visit to Sinai Feb. 26, Sisi said, “The development of Sinai is a matter of national security for Egypt, and it will require a great deal of funding to improve the living conditions of the residents, establish agricultural, industrial and urban communities so that people from the Nile Valley area can move there to settle and work.”

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