The glorious July 23 Revolution has underscored Egypt’s active role at the Arab and African levels as well as its significant contributions to defending the rights and interests of the countries of the South in all continents, which Egypt has maintained through an active and leading role in various international planforms, President Abdel El Fattah El Sisi said.
President Sisi, while delivering a speech on the 72nd anniversary of the July 23 Revolution, said that Egypt will overcome this turbulent phase at the regional and international level, and continue its path towards progress, development, as well as building the nation, in order to fulfill our aspirations for a free, dignified homeland and a bright future for all people.
“Egypt has kept pace with changes of time, opening up to the world and striving to enhance its economic, investment, urban, and industrial capabilities,” the president said.
“It has integrated into the global trade system while maintaining a constant focus on protecting the national economy as much as possible from the fluctuations and shocks of the global economy. This has been achieved through comprehensive and effective systems, offering the necessary social protection.”
The current regional and international reality imposes new challenges and complex situations on Egypt and other nations, ranging from increased tension and geopolitical confrontations in the international order to the situation in the region such as the spread of wars, conflicts, civil strife, state fragmentation, institutional collapse, humanitarian catastrophes, famine outbreaks, and massive displacement, president Sisi said in his speech.
“These unprecedented circumstances add tremendous burdens on Egypt, which can only be alleviated by my firm belief in the strength, resilience, unity, and cohesion of our great people who stand as a single structure, supporting each other, in the face of adversity,” the president said.
“The July 23 Revolution has changed the history of Egypt and the region.
“It ended a long history of colonialism and documented Egypt’s true independence and sovereignty. It inspired nations, and their efforts paved the way for national liberation. History attests to July Revolution’s patriotic and liberation role that extended to establish the esteemed status of an independent Egypt, elevating its name to high peaks across Arab, African, and international arenas.”
“One of the customs and traditions of ancient peoples, especially the great Egyptian people, is to reflect deeply on the lessons of history and to learn from the past, from its achievements and setbacks, its triumphs and falters to guarantee the continuation of the march towards national progress and to achieve the supreme interests of the nation,” president Sisi said.
“We have learned from the lessons of the July Revolution and its experience to never compromise national independence, to safeguard the dignity of the nation and its citizens and to exert utmost effort under all circumstances to reinforce social justice and protect the neediest groups.
“Egypt has also safeguarded its land, sovereignty, and independence, and established peace based on justice and restoring land while firmly and steadfastly adhering to the rights and interests of its brothers, particularly the Palestinian brothers, protecting their just cause from liquidation and intensively working to support their legitimate right to an independent and sovereign state.”
